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90
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32737
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2045
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46

Overview

Alejandro Cifuentes is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. The researcher's work spans several main fields, including Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine, with a substantial number of publications in each area.

The scientist's research extends into multiple subfields such as Molecular Biology, Food Science, Biochemistry, Plant Science, and Biomedical Engineering. These areas reflect a broad engagement with both biological and technological aspects within life sciences.

Main topics covered in the research include:

  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Gut microbiota and health

The researcher has published in various academic journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Electrophoresis (33 publications)
  • Frontiers in Nutrition (11 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (7 publications)
  • Foods (7 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (7 publications)

Recent significant publications include:

  • "Food by-products and food wastes: are they safe enough for their valorization?" (2021) in Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • "Metabolomics study of COVID-19 patients in four different clinical stages" (2022) in Scientific Reports
  • "Foodomics: Analytical Opportunities and Challenges" (2021) in Analytical Chemistry
  • "In vitro neuroprotective potential of terpenes from industrial orange juice by-products" (2020) in Food & Function
  • "Microwave-assisted extraction of phenolic compounds with antioxidant and anti-proliferative activities from supercritical CO2 pre-extracted mango peel as valorization strategy" (2020) in LWT

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Alejandro Cifuentes include:

  • Elena Ibáñez, with 94 joint publications
  • Gerardo Álvarez-Rivera, with 52 joint publications
  • Alberto Valdés, with 35 joint publications
  • Blanca Lapizco-Encinas, with 27 joint publications
  • František Foret, with 27 joint publications

The researcher has contributed to book publications with established publishers, including:

  • Royal Society of Chemistry, with the book titled "Foodomics" published in 2021
  • Frontiers Media, with the book "Insights in Nutrition and Food Science Technology" published in 2023

Best Publications

  • Natural products in drug discovery: advances and opportunities.

    Atanas G Atanasov;Sergey B Zotchev;Verena M Dirsch

  • Supercritical fluid extraction: Recent advances and applications

    Miguel Herrero;Jose A. Mendiola;Alejandro Cifuentes;Elena Ibáñez

  • Sub- and supercritical fluid extraction of functional ingredients from different natural sources: Plants, food-by-products, algae and microalgae: A review

    Miguel Herrero;Alejandro Cifuentes;Elena Ibañez

  • In the search of new functional food ingredients from algae

    Merichel Plaza;Alejandro Cifuentes;Elena Ibáñez

  • Innovative Natural Functional Ingredients from Microalgae

    Merichel Plaza;Miguel Herrero;Miguel Herrero;Alejandro Cifuentes;Elena Ibáñez

  • Foodomics: MS‐based strategies in modern food science and nutrition

    Miguel Herrero;Carolina Simó;Virginia García-Cañas;Elena Ibáñez

  • Advanced analysis of nutraceuticals.

    José Bernal;J. A. Mendiola;Elena Ibáñez;Alejandro Cifuentes

  • Plants, seaweeds, microalgae and food by-products as natural sources of functional ingredients obtained using pressurized liquid extraction and supercritical fluid extraction

    Miguel Herrero;Andrea del Pilar Sánchez-Camargo;Alejandro Cifuentes;Elena Ibáñez

  • Use of compressed fluids for sample preparation: food applications.

    José A. Mendiola;Miguel Herrero;Alejandro Cifuentes;Elena Ibañez

  • Food analysis and foodomics.

    Alejandro Cifuentes

  • Benefits of using algae as natural sources of functional ingredients

    Elena Ibañez;Alejandro Cifuentes

  • Green processes for the extraction of bioactives from Rosemary: Chemical and functional characterization via ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and in-vitro assays.

    Miguel Herrero;Merichel Plaza;Alejandro Cifuentes;Elena Ibáñez

  • Optimization of accelerated solvent extraction of antioxidants from Spirulina platensis microalga.

    Miguel Herrero;Pedro J. Martín-Álvarez;F. Javier Señoráns;Alejandro Cifuentes

  • Determination of Critical Micelle Concentration Values Using Capillary Electrophoresis Instrumentation

    Alejandro Cifuentes;and Jose L. Bernal;‡ Jose C. Diez-Masa

  • Present and Future Challenges in Food Analysis: Foodomics

    Virginia García-Cañas;Carolina Simó;Miguel Herrero;Elena Ibáñez

  • Screening of functional compounds in supercritical fluid extracts from Spirulina platensis

    J.A. Mendiola;L. Jaime;S. Santoyo;G. Reglero

  • Subcritical water extraction and characterization of bioactive compounds from Haematococcus pluvialis microalga.

    Irene Rodríguez-Meizoso;Laura Jaime;Susana Santoyo;Francisco J. Señoráns

  • Subcritical water extraction of nutraceuticals with antioxidant activity from oregano. Chemical and functional characterization.

    I. Rodríguez-Meizoso;F. R. Marin;Mario Herrero;Francisco Javier Señorans

  • Performance of a physically adsorbed high-molecular-mass polyethyleneimine layer as coating for the separation of basic proteins and peptides by capillary electrophoresis

    F. Bedia Erim;Alejandro Cifuentes;Hans Poppe;Johan C. Kraak

  • Recent advances in the application of capillary electromigration methods for food analysis and Foodomics

    Gerardo Álvarez;Lidia Montero;Laura Llorens;María Castro-Puyana

  • On-line capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry for the analysis of biomolecules.

    Javier Hernández-Borges;Christian Neusüß;Alejandro Cifuentes;Matthias Pelzing

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena Ibáñez
Elena Ibáñez Spanish National Research Council
Miguel Herrero
Miguel Herrero Spanish National Research Council
Carolina Simó
Carolina Simó Spanish National Research Council
Coral Barbas
Coral Barbas CEU San Pablo University
Guillermo Reglero
Guillermo Reglero Autonomous University of Madrid
Pedro J. Martín-Álvarez
Pedro J. Martín-Álvarez Spanish National Research Council
Javier Hernández-Borges
Javier Hernández-Borges University of La Laguna
María Luisa Marina
María Luisa Marina University of Alcalá
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez-Delgado
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez-Delgado University of La Laguna
Hans Poppe
Hans Poppe University of Amsterdam

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