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Leitão, E. P. T., del Rosario, H., Hernández, I., González, I., Quintana, J., Saavedra, E., Estévez, F., & Rijo, P. (2026). Effects of naphthyl derivatives on cell physiology of human leukaemia cells: Survival, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 197, 119155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119155

Luz, P., Ramos, S., Oliveira, M. J., Costa, J. G., Saraiva, N., & Fernandes, A. S. (2025). Interaction between redox regulation, immune activation, and response to treatment in HER2+ breast cancer. Redox Biology, 82, 103609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2025.103609

Farrim, M. I., Gomes, A., Menezes, R.*, & Milenkovic, D.* (2024). (Poly)phenols and diabetes: From effects to mechanisms by systematic multigenomic analysis. Ageing research reviews, 102, 102557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2024.102557
 
Farrim, M. I., Gomes, A., Milenkovic, D.*, & Menezes, R.* (2024). Gene expression analysis reveals diabetes-related gene signatures. Human genomics, 18(1), 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40246-024-00582-z
 
Rosado-Ramos, R., Poças, G. M., Marques, D., Foito, A., M Sevillano, D., Lopes-da-Silva, M., Gonçalves, L. G., Menezes, R., Ottens, M., Stewart, D., Ibáñez de Opakua, A., Zweckstetter, M., Seabra, M. C., Mendes, C. S., Outeiro, T. F., Domingos, P. M., & Santos, C. N. (2023). Genipin prevents alpha-synuclein aggregation and toxicity by affecting endocytosis, metabolism and lipid storage. Nature communications, 14(1), 1918. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37561-2

Guerreiro, Í., Vidovic, B., Costa, J. G., Martins, M., Ferreira, S., Oliveira, N. G., Saraiva, N., & Fernandes, A. S. (2023). The Dietary Isothiocyanate Erucin Reduces Kidney Cell Motility by Disturbing Tubulin Polymerization. Molecular nutrition & food reasearch, 67(3), e2200581. https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.202200581, Q1; IF 5,2

Lopes, S., Fontes, T., Menezes, R., Rodrigues, L. M., & Ferreira-Pêgo, C. (2023). Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Its Relationship to Metabolic Markers and Body Composition in Portuguese University Students. Nutrients, 15(10), 2330. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15102330. Q1; IF 5,9

Rosado-Ramos, R., Poças, G. M., Marques, D., Foito, A., Sevillano, D. M., Lopes-da-Silva, M., Gonçalves, L. G., et al. (2023). Genipin prevents alpha-synuclein aggregation and toxicity by affecting endocytosis, metabolism and lipid storage. Nature Communications, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37561-2

Ntungwe, E. N., Stojanov, S. J., Duarte, N. M., Candeias, N. R., Díaz-Lanza, A. M., Vágvölgyi, M., Hunyadi, A., Pešić, M., & Rijo, P. (2022). C20-nor-Abietane and Three Abietane Diterpenoids from Plectranthus mutabilis Leaves as P-Glycoprotein Modulators. ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 13(4), 674–680. Q1; IF 4,2

Raimundo, A. F., Ferreira, S., Pobre, V., Lopes-da-Silva, M., Brito, J. A., Dos Santos, D. J. V. A., Saraiva, N., Dos Santos, C. N., & Menezes, R. (2022). Urolithin B: Two-way attack on IAPP proteotoxicity with implications for diabetes. Frontiers in endocrinology, 13, 1008418. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.1008418

Júlio, A., Costa, J. G., Pereira-Leite, C., & Santos de Almeida, T. (2022). TransfersomILs: From Ionic Liquids to a New Class of Nanovesicular Systems. Nanomaterials, 12(1), 7.   https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12010007. Q1; IF 5,3

de Oliveira, P. M., Zandonadi, R. P., Cutrim, A. M. V., Nakano, E. Y., de Queiroz, F. L. N., Botelho, R. B. A., Saraiva, A., & Raposo, A. (2022). Eating Competence and Aspects Related to a Gluten-Free Diet in Brazilian Adults with Gluten-Related Disorders. Nutrients, 14(14), 2815. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14142815. Q1; IF 5,9

Raimundo, A. F., Ferreira, S., Pobre, V., Lopes-da-Silva, M., Brito, J. A., dos Santos, D. J. V. A., Saraiva, N., dos Santos, C. N., & Menezes, R. (2022). Urolithin B: Two-way attack on IAPP proteotoxicity with implications for diabetes. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13, Article 1008418. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.1008418 

Rodrigues, L. M., Rocha, C. G., Florindo, M. E., & Gregório, J. (2021). Lower limb perfusion asymmetries in humans at rest and following activity—A collective view. Symmetry, 13(12), 2348. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13122348

Alves, E.; Gregório, J.; Baby, A.R.; Rijo, P.; Rodrigues, L.M.; Rosado, C. (2021). Homemade Kefir Consumption Improves Skin Condition — A Study Conducted in Healthy and Atopic Volunteers. Foods. 10, 1–18, https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10112794. Q1; IF 5,2

Andrade, J. M., Domínguez-Martín, E. M., Nicolai, M., Faustino, C., Rodrigues, L. M., & Rijo, P. (2021). Screening the dermatological potential of Plectranthus species components: antioxidant and inhibitory capacities over elastase, collagenase and tyrosinase. Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry, 36(1), 257–269. https://doi.org/10.1080/14756366.2020.1862099. Q1; IF 5,2