Dr. Maria Leticia Miranda Fernandes Estevinho
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Dr. Maria Leticia Miranda Fernandes Estevinho

Head of Academic Department/Faculty
Instituto Politecnico de Braganca, Portugal

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Science from Universidade do Minho, Portugal

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
100%
Agronomy
62%
Crop Science
90%
Food and Soil Microbiology
75%
Natural Product Research
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
7
Articles
175
Abstracts
11

Selected Publications

  1. Valente, M.J., A.F. Baltazar, R. Henrique, L.M. Estevinho and M. Carvalho, 2011. Biological activities of Portuguese propolis: Protection against free radical-induced erythrocyte damage and inhibition of human renal cancer cell growth in vitro. Food Chem. Toxicol., 49: 86-92.
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  2. Moreira, L.L, T. Dias, L.G., Dias, M. Rogao, J.P. Da Silva and L.M. Estevinho, 2011. Propolis influence on erythrocyte membrane disorder (Hereditary spherocytosis): A first approach. Food. Chem. Toxicol., 49: 520-526.
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  3. Morais, M., L. Moreira, X. Feas and L.M. Estevinho, 2011. Honeybee-collected pollen from five Portuguese natural parks: Palynological origin, phenolic content, antioxidant properties and antimicrobial activity. Food Chem. Toxicol., 49: 1096-1101.
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  4. Estevinho, M.L., S.E. Afonso and X. Feas, 2011. Antifungal effect of lavender honey against Candida albicans, Candida krusei and Cryptococcus neoformans. J. Food Sci. Technol., 48: 640-643.
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  5. Estevinho, M.L. and X. Feas, 2011. A survey of the in vitro antifungal activity of heather (Erica sp.) organic honey. J. Med. Food (In press). 10.1089/jmf.2010.0211.
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  6. Gomes, S., L.G. Dias, L.L. Moreira, P. Rodrigues and L.M. Estevinho, 2010. Physicochemical, microbiological and antimicrobial properties of commercial honeys from Portugal. Food Chem. Toxicol., 48: 544-548.
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  7. Feas, X., J. Pires, L.M. Estevinho, A. Iglesias and J. De Araujo, 2010. Palynological and physicochemical data characterisation of honeys produced in the Entre-Douro e Minho region of Portugal. Int. J. Food Sci. Technol., 45: 1255-1262.
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  8. Feas, X., J. Pires, A. Iglesias and M.L. Estevinho, 2010. Characterization of artisanal honey produced on the Northwest of Portugal by melissopalynological and physico-chemical data. Food Chem. Toxicol., 48: 3462-3470.
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  9. Falcao, S.I., M. Vilas-Boas, L.M. Estevinho, C. Barros, M.R.M. Domingues and S.M. Cardoso, 2010. Phenolic characterization of Northeast Portuguese propolis: Usual and unusual compounds. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 396: 887-897.
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  10. Carvalho, M., S. Meirinhos, L.M. Estevinho and A. Choupina, 2010. Yeast species associated with honey: Different identification methods. Arch. Zootec., 59: 103-113.
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  11. Pires, J., M.L. Estevinho, X. Feas, J. Cantalapiedra and A. Iglesias, 2009. Physicochemical attributes and pollen spectrum of heather (Erica sp.) in Portuguese honeys. Food Agric., 89: 1862-1870.
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  12. Ferreira, I.C.F.R., E. Aires, J.C.M. Barreira and L.M. Estevinho, 2009. Antioxidant activity of Portuguese honey samples: Different contributions of the entire honey and phenolic extract. Food Chem., 144: 1438-1443.
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  13. Sousa, C., M. Taveira, P. Valentao, F. Fernandes and J.A. Pereira et al., 2008. Inflorescences of Brassicacea species as source of bioactive compounds: A comparative study. Food Chem., 110: 953-961.
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  14. Pereira, J.A., I. Oliveira, A. Sousa, I.C.F.R. Ferreira, A. Bento and L. Estevinho, 2008. Bioactive properties and chemical composition of six walnut (Juglans regia L.) cultivars. Food Chem. Toxicol., 46: 2103-2111.
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  15. Pereira, A.P., T. Dias, J. Andrade, E. Ramalhosa and L.M. Estevinho, 2008. Mead production: Selection and characterization assays of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. Food Chem. Toxicol., 47: 2057-2063.
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  16. Pereira, A.P., J.A. Pereira, A. Bento and L.M. Estevinho, 2008. Microbiological characterization of table olives commercialized in Portugal in respect to safety aspects. Food Chem. Toxicol., 46: 2895-2902.
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  17. Oliveira, I., A. Sousa, J. Sa-Morais, I.C.F.R Ferreira, A. Bento, L.M. Estevinho and J.A. Pereira, 2008. Chemical composition and antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of three hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) cultivars. Food Chem. Toxicol., 46: 1801-1807.
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  18. Oliveira, I., A. Sousa, I.C.F.R. Ferreira, A. Bento, L. Estevinho and J.A. Pereira, 2008. Total phenols, antioxidant potential and antimicrobial activity of walnut (Juglans regia L.) green husks. Food Chem. Toxicol., 46: 2326-2331.
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  19. Moreira, L., L.G. Dias, J.A. Pereira and L. Estevinho, 2008. Antioxidant properties, total phenols and pollen analysis of propolis samples from Portugal. Food Chem. Toxicol., 46: 3482-3485.
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  20. Estevinho, L., A.P. Pereira, L. Moreira, L.G. Dias and E. Pereira, 2008. Antioxidant and antimicrobial effects of phenolic compounds extracts of Northeast Portugal honey. Food Chem. Toxicol., 46: 3774-3779.
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  21. Dias, L.A., A.M. Peres, M. Vilas-Boas, M.A. Rocha, L.M. Estevinho and A.A.S.C. Machado, 2008. An electronic tongue for honey classification. Microchim. Acta, 163: 79-102.
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  22. Barros, L., T. Cruz, P. Baptista, L.M. Estevinho and IC.F.R. Ferreira, 2008. Wild and commercial mushrooms as source of nutrients and nutraceuticals. J. Food Chem. Toxicol., 46: 2742-2747.
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  23. Barros, L., B. Venturini, P. Baptista, L.M. Estevinho and I.C.F.R. Ferreira, 2008. Chemical composition and biological properties of Portuguese wild mushrooms: A comprehensive study. Food Chem., 56: 3856-3862.
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  24. Queiroz, M.J., I.C.F.R. Ferreira, R.C. Calhelha and L.M. Estevinho, 2007. Synthesis and antioxidant activity evaluation of new 7-aryl or 7-heteroarylamino-2,3-dimethylbenzo[b]thiophenes obtained by Buchwald-Hartwig C-N cross-coupling. Biorg. Med. Chem., 15: 1788-1794.
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  25. Pereira, J.A., I. Oliveira, A. Sousa, P. Valentao and P.B. Andrade et al., 2007. Walnut (Juglans regia L.) leaves: Phenolic compounds, antibacterial activity and antioxidant potential of different cultivars. Food Chem. Toxicol., 45: 2287-2295.
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  26. Pereira, A.P., I.C. Ferreira, F. Marcelino, P. Valentao and J.A. Pereira et al., 2007. Phenolic compounds and antimicrobial activity of olive (Olea europaea L. Cv. Cobrancosa) leaves. Molecules, 12: 1153-1162.
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  27. Oliveira, I., A. Sousa, P. Valentao, P.B. Andrade and I. Ferreira et al., 2007. Hazel (Corylus avellana L.) leaves as source of antimicrobial and antioxidative compounds. Food Chem., 105: 1018-1025.
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  28. Barros, L., R.C. Calhelha, J.A. Vaz, I.C.F.R. Ferreira, P. Baptista and L.M. Estevinho, 2007. Antimicrobial activity and bioactive compounds of Portuguese wild edible mushrooms methanolic extracts. Eur. Food Res. Technol., 225: 151-156.
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  29. Barros, L., P. Baptista, L.M. Estevinho and I.C.F.R Ferreira, 2007. Effect of fruiting body maturity stage on chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Lactarius sp. mushrooms. J. Agric. Food Chem., 55: 8766-8771.
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  30. Barros, L., P. Baptista, L.M. Estevinho and I. Ferreira, 2007. Bioactive properties of the medicinal mushroom Leucopaxillus giganteus mycelium obtained in the presence of different nitrogen sources. Food Chem., 105: 179-186.
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  31. Sousa, A., I.C.F.R Ferreira, R. Calhelha, P.B. Andrade and P. Valentao et al., 2006. Phenolics and antimicrobial activity of tradicional stoned table olive alcaparra. Biorg. Med. Chem., 14: 8533-8538.
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  32. Sandra Barbosa, I.T.R., J.D. Armando Silvestre, M.Q. Mario Simoes and L.M.F. Maria Estevinho, 2006. Composition and antibacterial activity of the lipophilic fraction of honeybee pollen from native species of Montesano natural Park. Int. J. Agric. Res., 1: 471-479.
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  33. Queiroz, M.J.R.P., I.C.F.R. Ferreira, A. Begouin, Y. De Gaetano, G. Kirsch, R.C. Calhelha and L.M. Estevinho, 2006. Synthesis and antimicrobial activity studies of ortho-chlorodiarylamines and heteroaromatic tetracyclic systems in the benzo[b]thiophene series. Bioorg. Med. Chem., 14: 6827-6831.
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  34. Ferreira, I.C.F.R., M.J.R.P. Queiroz, M. Vilas-Boas, L.M. Estevinho, A. Begouin and G. Kirsch, 2006. Evaluation of the antioxidant properties of diarylamines in the benzo[b]thiophene series by free radical scavenging activity and reducing power. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 16: 1384-1387.
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  35. Calhelha, R.C., J.V. Andrade, I.C. Ferreira and L.M. Estevinho 2006. Toxicity effects of fungicide residues on the wine-producing process. Food Microbiol., 23: 393-398.
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  36. Carvalho, C.M., A. Choupina, M.L.F. Estevinho and A. Rocha, 2005. Identification of honey yeast species based on RFLP analyses of the ITS region. Food Sci. Technol., 5: 11-17.
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  37. Abreu, A.S., P.M.T. Ferreira, M.J.R.P. Queiroz, I.C.F.R. Ferreira, R.C. Calhelha and L.M. Estevinho, 2005. Synthesis of β-benzo[b]thienyldehydrophenylalanine derivatives by one-pot palladium-catalyzed Borylation and Suzuki Coupling (BSC) and metal-assisted intramolecular cyclization: Studies of fluorescence and antimicrobial activity. Eur. J. Org. Chem., 14: 2951-2957.
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  38. Queiroz, M.J.R.P., A. Begouin, I.C.F.R. Ferreira, G. Kirsch, R.C. Calhelha, S. Barbosa and L.M. Estevinho, 2004. Palladium-catalysed amination of electron-deficient or relatively electron-rich benzo[b]thienyl bromides-preliminary studies of antimicrobial activity and SARs. Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2004: 3679-3685.
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  39. Ferreira, I.C.F.R., R.C. Calhelha, L.M. Estevinho and M.J.R.P. Queiroz, 2004. Screening of antimicrobial activity of diarylamines in the 2,3,5-trimethylbenzo[b]thiophene series: A structure-activity evaluation study. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 14: 5831-5833.
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  40. Abreu, A.S., P.M.T. Ferreira, L.S. Monteiro, M.J.R.P. Queiroz, I.C.F.R. Ferreira, R.C. Calhelha and L.M. Estevinho, 2004. Synthesis of pure stereoisomers of benzo[b]thienyl dehydrophenylalanines by Suzuki cross-coupling: Preliminary studies of antimicrobial activity. Tetrahedron, 60: 11821-11828.
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  41. Estevinho, L.M., M. Corte-Real and C. Leao, 1999. A peculiar behaviour for cell death induced by weak carboxylic acids in the wine spoilage yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii. Lett. Applied Microbiol., 28: 345-349.
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  42. Estevinho, L.M., M. Corte-Real, V. Loureiro, M.C. Loureiro-Dias and C. Leao, 1997. Glucose respiration and fermentation in Zygosaccharomyces bailii and Saccharomyces cerevisiae express different sensitivity patterns to ethanol and acetic acid. Lett. Applied Microbiol., 25: 249-253.
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  43. Sousa, M.J., L.M. Estevinho, M. Corte-Real and C.M. Leao, 1996. Transport of acetic acid in Zygosaccharomyces bailii: Effects of ethanol and implications on the resistance of the yeast to acid environments. Applied Environ. Microbiol., 62: 3152-3157.
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  44. Estevinho, L.M., V. Loureiro and A. Mendes-Faia, 1991. Effects of ethanol on the growth of lactic bacteria. Revista Portuguesa de Farmacia, 1: 41-44.
  45. Martins, C.M. and L.M. Fernandes, 1990. Chemical characteristics of alheira-a traditional Portuguese sausage. Proceedings of the 36th International Congress of Meat Science and Tecnology, Aug. 27-Sept. 1, Havana, Cuba, pp: 893-895.