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Regulatory approach on environmental risk assessment. Risk management recommendations, reasonable and prudent alternatives by Meisel, Maria Leonor, do Céu Costa, Maria, Pena, Angelina

“…Current knowledge shows that residues of human medicinal products at trace quantities are widespread in aquatic systems. The sewage treatment plants are…”
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Contaminants: a dark side of food supplements? by Costa, João Guilherme, Vidovic, Bojana, Saraiva, Nuno, do Céu Costa, Maria, Del Favero, Giorgia, Marko, Doris, Oliveira, Nuno G, Fernandes, Ana Sofia

“…Food supplements (FS) are often consumed as one of the strategies to fight ageing-associated pathologies, especially in the case of oxidative stress-related…”
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Characterization of Laurel Fruit Oil from Madeira Island, Portugal by Castilho, P.C, Costa, M. do C, Partidario, A

“…The fixed oil extracted from Laurus spp. fruit from Madeira Island, Portugal, is used in local traditional medicine for a wide variety of health complaints…”
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Pharmacophore insights into rpoB gene mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampicin resistant isolates by Figueiredo, Ricardo, Ramos, Daniela F., Moiteiro, Cristina, Medeiros, Maria Augusta, Marcelo Curto, Maria João, Cardoso de Menezes, José, Pando, Rogelio Hernandez, Silva, Pedro E.A., Costa, Maria do Céu

“…This paper reports the susceptibility profile to rifabutin (RFB) 1 and six recently synthesized RFB analogs 3– 8, of either rifampicin (RFP) susceptible…”
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Food supplement vitamins, minerals, amino-acids, fatty acids, phenolic and alkaloid-based substances: An overview of their interaction with drugs by Lopes, Maria, Coimbra, Manuel A., Costa, Maria do Céu, Ramos, Fernando

“…Food supplements are a widespread group of products ingested as a diet complement, whose consumption has recently skyrocketed due to the consumers' concern…”
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of coronavirus: One health approach for a global strategy by Faustino, Ricardo, Faria, Miguel, Teixeira, Mónica, Palavra, Filipe, Sargento, Paulo, do Céu Costa, Maria

“…Coronaviruses have been responsible for major epidemic crises in 2003 with SARS-CoV-1, in 2012 with MERS-CoV and in 2019 with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), causing…”
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Exploring Vitamin B12 Supplementation in the Vegan Population: A Scoping Review of the Evidence by Fernandes, Sávio, Oliveira, Leandro, Pereira, Alda, Costa, Maria do Céu, Raposo, António, Saraiva, Ariana, Magalhães, Bruno

“…With a significant portion of the population adopting veganism and conflicting views among nutrition professionals regarding the necessity of vitamin B12…”
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Revealing the Protective Effect of Topically Applied Cymbopogon citratus Essential Oil in Human Skin through A Contact Model by de Andrade, Sérgio Faloni, Rocha, Clemente, Pinheiro, Eucinário José, Pereira-Leite, Catarina, Costa, Maria do Céu, Monteiro Rodrigues, Luis

“…Preparations of the Cymbopogon citratus leaves are used in folk medicine for the treatment of inflammatory processes. The present study investigated the…”
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Impact on Longevity of Genetic Cardiovascular Risk and Lifestyle including Red Meat Consumption by Bicho, Manuel, Gorjão-Clara, J., Gil, Ângela, Matos, Andreia, Aguiar, Laura, Costa, Maria do Céu, Pereira da Silva, Alda, Polónia, Jorge

“…Background. Cardiovascular risk (CVR) underlies aging process and longevity. Previous work points to genetic and environmental factors associated with this…”
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opposing effects of the flavonoids isoquercitrin and Sissotrin, isolated from Pterospartum tridentatum, on oral glucose tolerance in rats by Paulo, Alexandra, Martins, Sofia, Branco, Pedro, Dias, Teresa, Borges, Carlos, Rodrigues, Ana Isabel, do Céu Costa, Maria, Teixeira, Adriano, Mota-Filipe, Hélder

“…The effect of an aqueous extract of Pterospartum tridentatum on the blood glucose levels of normal Wistar rats was investigated in a situation of oral glucose…”
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Medicinal plants and their preparations in the European market: Why has the harmonization failed? The cases of St. John's wort, valerian, ginkgo, ginseng, and green tea by Bilia, Anna Rita, Costa, Maria do Céu

“…Botanical ingredients based on plants, algae, fungi or lichens have become widely available on the European Union market offering numerous preparations with…”
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Evaluation of analgesic activities of tremetone derivatives isolated from the Chilean altiplano medicine Parastrephia lepidophylla by Benites, Julio, Gutierrez, Eunices, López, Jóse, Rojas, Mauricio, Rojo, Leonel, Costa, Maria do Céu, Vinardell, Maria Pilar, Calderon, Pedro Buc

“…Parastrephia lepidophylla, family Asteraceae, has ancient use in traditional medicine in the region of Tarapacá, Chile. Bioguided fractionation of extracts of…”
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Synthesis of Saponins with Allobetulin and Glycyrrhetic Acid as Aglycones by Passos Eleutério, M. Inês, Schimmel, Jörg, Ritter, Gerd, do Céu Costa, Maria, Schmidt, Richard R.

“…Procedures for the synthesis of branched Xylβ(1–3)[Galβ(1–2)]Glc and Xylβ(1–3)[Galβ(1–2)]GlcA trisaccharides β‐linked to the 3‐O moieties of allobetulin and…”
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The Entourage Effect in Cannabis Medicinal Products: A Comprehensive Review by André, Rebeca, Gomes, Ana Patrícia, Pereira-Leite, Catarina, Marques-da-Costa, António, Monteiro Rodrigues, Luis, Sassano, Michael, Rijo, Patricia, Costa, Maria do Céu

“…This study explores the complementary or synergistic effects of medicinal cannabis constituents, particularly terpenes, concerning their therapeutic potential,…”
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Direct identification and quantitative determination of costunolide and dehydrocostuslactone in the fixed oil ofLaurus novocanariensis by13C-NMR spectroscopy by Ferrari, Bernard, Castilho, Paula, Tomi, F lix, Rodrigues, Ana Isabel, do Ceu Costa, Maria, Casanova, Joseph

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Novel insights for permeant lead structures through in vitro skin diffusion assays of Prunus lusitanica L., the Portugal Laurel by Costa, Maria do Céu, Duarte, Patrícia, Neng, Nuno R., Nogueira, José M.F., Costa, Filomena, Rosado, Catarina

“…[Display omitted] •The P. lusitanica L. extract has a novel effect of retarding permeation of both lipophilic and hydrophilic model molecules.•Terpenes were…”
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Functionalisation of terpenoids at C-4 via organopalladium dimers: cyclopropane formation during oxidation of homoallylic σ-organopalladium intermediates with lead tetraacetate by Ramos, Susana S., Almeida, Paulo, Santos, Lina, Motherwell, William B., Sheppard, Tom D., Costa, Maria do Céu

“…The synthesis of new potential adjuvant saponin aglycons was investigated by selective palladium mediated C–H functionalisation of appropriately functionalised…”
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Tc-labelled biguanide derivatives: chemical speciation modelling thereof and evaluation in vervets by Zeevaart, Jan Rijn, Wagener, Judith Marie, Neves, Maria, Costa, Maria Ceu, Rodrigues, Cristina, Dithebe, Mildred, Kilian, Elmare, Cukrowski, Ignacy

“…[sup.99m]Tc-DMSA (dimercaptosuccinic acid) is known to be a safe and effective agent for static renal imaging. However, it has a long uptake time which is a…”
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99mTc-labelled biguanide derivatives: chemical speciation modelling thereof and evaluation in vervets by Zeevaart, Jan Rijn, Wagener, Judith Marie, Neves, Maria, Costa, Maria Ceu, Rodrigues, Cristina, Dithebe, Mildred, Kilian, Elmaré, Cukrowski, Ignacy

“…99m Tc-DMSA (dimercaptosuccinic acid) is known to be a safe and effective agent for static renal imaging. However, it has a long uptake time which is a…”
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A new synthesis of (−)-thioambrox and its 8-epimer by Costa, Maria do Céu, Teixeira, Susana G., Rodrigues, Cristina B., Ryberg Figueiredo, Pedro, Marcelo Curto, Maria João

“…This new and straightforward synthesis of (−)-thioambrox 2 , a sulphur compound whose odour resembles ambergris, starts from sclareolide 4 . The…”
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