Ongoing research projects Acclimation of Humulus lupulus in Brazil: development, physiology and metabolomics Funding by FAPESP (Regular Research Grant), 2019-2021 Chemical characterization, anticancer activity evaluation and infraspecific activity of secondary metabolites from extracts of bark and leaves from germplasm active banks of pineapple, yellow mombin and imbu Funding by EMBRAPA, 2017-2021, in collaboration with Dr. Guilherme Zocolo, Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical, Fortaleza, CE Former research projects Identification of secondary metabolites in Harpagophytum procumbens extracts that inhibit cyclooxyganeases 1/2 and 5-lypoxygenase expression and/or activities Funding by FAPESP (Sprint Project), 2018-2019, in collaboration with Prof. W. Folk, University of Missouri, USA Metabolomics, enzymatic targets and in silico tools in the search of bioactive compounds in plants Funding by FAPESP (Regular Research Grant), 2016-2018 Morphoanatomical, metabolomic and molecular studies as subsidies to the systematic of Asteraceae species and access to its pharmacological potential Funding by FAPESP (Thematic Project), 2011-2017 (read our blog) Application of chemoinformatic tools in the study of natural products against protozoan parasites Scholarship by CAPES (Professorship at the Universität Münster), 2012-2013 Dereplication, compound library, biological assays and chemoinformatics in the search of compounds with anti-inflammatory activity Funding by CNPq (Universal), 2010-2012 Chemical and pharmacological potential of species from Asteraceae: in vivo, in vitro and in silico studies Funding by FAPESP (Regular Research Grant), 2009-2011 Phytochemistry and biological assays of Asteraceae Funding by CAPES (PROBRAL Project), 2008-2010 Comparative study of glandular trichomes from the aerial and underground parts of two species of Vernonia (Asteraceae) Funding by FAPESP (Regular Research Grant), 2006-2007, co-participant Estimation of retention times for reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography of natural compounds Funding by AvH (Fellowship), 2006 Use of feed forward neural networks in the prediction of 1H NMR chemical shifts of sesquiterpene lactones Funding by AvH (Fellowship), 2004 Use of neural networks in chemosystematics Funding by AvH (Fellowship), 2003-2005 Phytochemical investigation of Brazilian species of the genus Viguiera (Asteraceae) using trichome microsampling Funding by FAPESP (Research Internship Abroad), 1998 Chemotaxonomy of species of Viguiera and implementation of the trichome microsampling technique Funding by FAPESP (Regular Research Grant), 1997-2002 |