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Fucoidan from Fucus vesiculosus : Evaluation of the Impact of the Sulphate Content on Nanoparticle Production and Cell Toxicity by Flórez-Fernández, Noelia, Pontes, Jorge F, Guerreiro, Filipa, Afonso, Inês T, Lollo, Giovanna, Torres, Maria Dolores, Domínguez, Herminia, Costa, Ana M Rosa da, Grenha, Ana

“…The composition of seaweeds is complex, with vitamins, phenolic compounds, minerals, and polysaccharides being some of the factions comprising their structure…”
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Chitosan/carrageenan nanoparticles: Effect of cross-linking with tripolyphosphate and charge ratios by Rodrigues, Susana, Costa, Ana M. Rosa da, Grenha, Ana

“…► Charge ratios play a critical role on nanoparticle formation mechanism. ► Tripolyphosphate reduces size of chitosan/carrageenan nanoparticles. ►…”
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Spray-drying of konjac glucomannan to produce microparticles for an application as antitubercular drug carriers by Guerreiro, Filipa, Pontes, Jorge F., Rosa da Costa, Ana M., Grenha, Ana

“…Spray-drying is proposed in this work as the technique to produce konjac glucomannan microparticles aimed at an application in lung tuberculosis therapy…”
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Fluorescence Lifetime-Assisted Probing of Protein Aggregation with sub-Organellar Resolution by Gupta, Karnika, Maddison, Daniel C, Melo, Eduardo P, da Costa, Ana Rosa M, Avezov, Edward

“…Protein misfolding fuels multiple neurodegenerative diseases, but existing techniques lack the resolution to pinpoint the location and physical properties of…”
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N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-dicyclohexylsuccinamide: A novel molecule for the separation and recovery of Pd(II) by liquid-liquid extraction by Costa, Maria Clara, Assunção, Ana, Almeida, Ruben, Costa, Ana Maria Rosa da, Nogueira, Carlos, Paiva, Ana Paula

“…•DMDCHSA: a new molecule for Pd(II) liquid-liquid extraction.•Pd(II) successfully recovered using several stripping agents.•DMDCHSA presents a reasonable…”
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Impact of Biohybrid Magnetite Nanoparticles and Moroccan Propolis on Adherence of Methicillin Resistant Strains of Staphylococcus aureus by El-Guendouz, Soukaina, Aazza, Smail, Lyoussi, Badiaa, Bankova, Vassya, Lourenço, João P, Costa, Ana M Rosa, Mariano, José F, Miguel, Maria G, Faleiro, Maria L

“…Biofilm bacteria are more resistant to antibiotics than planktonic cells. Propolis possesses antimicrobial activity. Generally, nanoparticles containing heavy…”
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Inhalable Antitubercular Therapy Mediated by Locust Bean Gum Microparticles by Alves, Ana D, Cavaco, Joana S, Guerreiro, Filipa, Lourenço, João P, Rosa da Costa, Ana M, Grenha, Ana

“…Tuberculosis remains a major global health problem and alternative therapeutic approaches are needed. Considering the high prevalence of lung tuberculosis (80%…”
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Efficiency of RAFT‐synthesized PDMAEMA in gene transfer to the retina by Bitoque, Diogo B., Simão, Sónia, Oliveira, Ana V., Machado, Susana, Duran, Margarita R., Lopes, Eduardo, Costa, Ana M. Rosa, Silva, Gabriela A.

“…Gene therapy has long been heralded as the new hope to evolve from symptomatic care of genetic pathologies to a full cure. Recent successes in using gene…”
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Inhalable Fucoidan Microparticles Combining Two Antitubercular Drugs with Potential Application in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Therapy by Cunha, Ludmylla, Rodrigues, Susana, Rosa da Costa, Ana M, Faleiro, M Leonor, Buttini, Francesca, Grenha, Ana

“…The pulmonary delivery of antitubercular drugs is a promising approach to treat lung tuberculosis. This strategy not only allows targeting the infected organ…”
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Development of a highly sensitive bacteria detection assay using fluorescent pH-responsive polymeric micelles by Mouffouk, Fouzi, Rosa da Costa, Ana M., Martins, Jorge, Zourob, Mohammed, Abu-Salah, Khalid Mustafa, Alrokayan, Salman A.

“…The detection and control of bacteria is extremely important in the safety of food products and health systems. The conventional microbiological methods based…”
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Mechanism of uranium (VI) removal by two anaerobic bacterial communities by Martins, Mónica, Faleiro, Maria Leonor, da Costa, Ana M. Rosa, Chaves, Sandra, Tenreiro, Rogério, Matos, António Pedro, Costa, Maria Clara

“…The mechanism of uranium (VI) removal by two anaerobic bacterial consortia, recovered from an uncontaminated site (consortium A) and other from an uranium mine…”
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Inhalable Spray-Dried Chondroitin Sulphate Microparticles: Effect of Different Solvents on Particle Properties and Drug Activity by Rodrigues, Susana, da Costa, Ana M Rosa, Flórez-Fernández, Noelia, Torres, María Dolores, Faleiro, Maria Leonor, Buttini, Francesca, Grenha, Ana

“…Spray-drying stands as one of the most used techniques to produce inhalable microparticles, but several parameters from both the process and the used materials…”
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Novel triblock co-polymer nanofibre system as an alternative support for embryonic stem cells growth and pluripotency by Perestrelo, Ana Rubina, Mouffouk, Fouzi, da Costa, Ana M. Rosa, Belo, José António

“…Conventionally, embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are cultured on gelatin or over a mitotically inactivated monolayer of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFsi)…”
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Evaluation of the potential of coal fly ash produced by gasification as hexavalent chromium adsorbent by Ribeiro, Priscila Baruffi, de Freitas, Vitoria Olave, Machry, Karine, Muniz, Ana Rosa Costa, da Rosa, Gabriela Silveira

“…The aim of this work was to characterize the coal fly ash from gasification process (G-CFA) and to analyze its potential as hexavalent chromium Cr (VI)…”
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Biocompatibility and Stability of Polysaccharide Polyelectrolyte Complexes Aimed at Respiratory Delivery by Rodrigues, Susana, Cardoso, Lurdes, da Costa, Ana M Rosa, Grenha, Ana

“…Chitosan (CS) and chondroitin sulfate (CHS) are natural polymers with demonstrated applicability in drug delivery, while nanoparticles are one of the most…”
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Pontastacus leptodactylus (Eschscholtz, 1823) and Faxonius limosus (Rafinesque, 1817) as New, Alternative Sources of Chitin and Chitosan by Zofia Nuc, Gloria Brusotti, Laura Catenacci, Ana Grenha, Jorge F. Pontes, Joana Pinto da Silva, Ana Maria Rosa da Costa, Paola Moro, Chiara Milanese, Pietro Grisoli, Milena Sorrenti, Aldona Dobrzycka-Krahel, Maria Cristina Bonferoni, Carla Marcella Caramella

“…The growing demand for chitin and chitosan makes it necessary to look for new sources of these polymers and to develop more environmentally friendly methods…”
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Comparative study of the production of cellulose nanofibers from agro-industrial waste streams of Salicornia ramosissima by acid and enzymatic treatment by Lima, Alexandre R., Cristofoli, Nathana L., Rosa da Costa, Ana M., Saraiva, Jorge A., Vieira, Margarida C.

“…The study of the suitability of two isolation processes to produce cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) from Salicornia ramosissima waste, with potential applicability…”
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β-Cyclodextrin inclusion complexes of combined Moroccan Rosmarinus officinalis, Lavandula angustifolia and Citrus aurantium volatile oil: production optimization and release kinetics in food models by El Kharraf, Sara, Farah, Abdellah, El-Guendouz, Soukaina, Lourenço, João P., Rosa Costa, Ana M., El Hadrami, El Mestafa, Machado, Alexandra M., Tavares, Cláudia S., Figueiredo, A. Cristina, Miguel, M. Graça

“…A combined volatile oil (VO) was extracted from Rosmarinus officinalis, Lavandula angustifolia and Citrus aurantium by simultaneous hydro- and…”
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Respirable konjac glucomannan microparticles as antitubercular drug carriers: Effects of in vitro and in vivo interactions by Guerreiro, Filipa, Pontes, Jorge F., Gaspar, Maria Manuela, Rosa da Costa, Ana M., Faleiro, Maria Leonor, Grenha, Ana

“…Pulmonary delivery of drugs is potentially beneficial in the context of lung disease, maximising drug concentrations in the site of action. A recent work…”
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Levulinic Acid-Based “Green” Solvents for Lignocellulose Fractionation: On the Superior Extraction Yield and Selectivity toward Lignin by Melro, Elodie, Riddell, Alexander, Bernin, Diana, da Costa, Ana M. Rosa, Valente, Artur J. M., Antunes, Filipe E., Romano, Anabela, Norgren, Magnus, Medronho, Bruno

“…The high potential use of lignin in novel biomaterials and chemicals represents an important opportunity for the valorization of the most abundant natural…”
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