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FRANCISCO JOSE TORRES DE AQUINO

Professor, Chemistry · UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE UBERLANDIA

https://researchid.co/aquino
@ufu.br
32Scopus Publications
901Google Scholar Citations
18Google Scholar h-index
24Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Natural products Coffee chemistry

Biography

Graduated in Chemistry from the University of Brasília (1986), Master's in Chemistry from the University of Brasília (1991) and PhD in Organic Chemistry from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1997). He did a postdoctoral internship (2009 and 2012) at the Laboratory of Organic and Biological Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, UFMG, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Adão Sabino, in the area of ​​mass spectrometry. He is currently Associate Professor 4 (since September 2020) at the Federal University of Uberlândia and institutional assessor (since 2003) at the National Higher Education Assessment System (BASis) of the National Higher Education Assessment System (Sinaes), linked to the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (INEP), of the Ministry of Education (MEC).

Education

BSc Chemistry - Universidade de Brasíli-DF/Brasil -1986 MSc Organic Chemystry - Universidade de Brasíli-DF/Brasil 1991 PhD Organic chemistry -Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais/Brasil -1997 Post-Doctoral - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais/Brasil - 2009/2012

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Phytochemical and in vitro antimicrobial and antidiabetical activities of Cordiera sessilis stem bark
    Anais Da Academia Brasileira De Ciencias, 2025
  2. Phytochemical Profiling by HPLC-ESI-MS/MS and In Vitro Investigation of the Antidiabetic Activity of Cassia bakeriana Bark Extract and Fractions
    Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2024
  3. Antioxidant compounds from Banisteriopsis argyrophylla leaves as α-amylase, α-glucosidase, lipase, and glycation inhibitors
    Bioorganic Chemistry, 2020
  4. Antifungal and cytotoxicity activities and new proanthocyanidins isolated from the barks of Inga laurina (Sw.) Willd
    Phytochemistry Letters, 2020
  5. Chemical Constituents and Antileishmanial and Antibacterial Activities of Essential Oils from Scheelea phalerata
    ACS Omega, 2020

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