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Overview

Cláudia Pessoa is affiliated with Universidade Federal do Ceará in Brazil and specializes in materials science, with a particular focus on materials chemistry. Their research contributions span various subfields including molecular biology, organic chemistry, plant science, and toxicology.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, bioactive compounds and antitumor agents, synthesis and biological activity, natural product bioactivities and synthesis, nanoparticle-based drug delivery, and synthesis and biological evaluation.

Frequent publication venues for Cláudia Pessoa include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
  • Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology

Among recent scientific papers are:

  • EGFR targeting for cancer therapy: Pharmacology and immunoconjugates with drugs and nanoparticles (2020) in International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • New properties of chia seed mucilage (Salvia hispanica L.) and potential application in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products (2021) in Industrial Crops and Products
  • Electrochemical Selenation/Cyclization of Quinones: A Rapid, Green and Efficient Access to Functionalized Trypanocidal and Antitumor Compounds (2020) in European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Epigenetic reprogramming in cancer: From diagnosis to treatment (2023) in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Toxicological, chemopreventive, and cytotoxic potentialities of rare vegetal species and supporting findings for the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) (2020) in Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

Cláudia Pessoa frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors, including Pedro M. S. Costa, Lutz Ackermann, Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior, Claus Jacob, and Renata G. Almeida.

Best Publications

  • Studies of the anticancer potential of plants used in Bangladeshi folk medicine.

    Letícia Veras Costa-Lotufo;Mahmud Tareq Hassan Khan;Arjumand Ather;Diego Veras Wilke

  • Overview of the therapeutic potential of piplartine (piperlongumine).

    Daniel P. Bezerra;Claudia Pessoa;Manoel O. de Moraes;Nicolau Saker-Neto

  • Epidrugs: targeting epigenetic marks in cancer treatment

    Cristiana Libardi Miranda Furtado;Maria Claudia Dos Santos Luciano;Renan Da Silva Santos;Gilvan Pessoa Furtado

  • In vivo growth-inhibition of Sarcoma 180 by piplartine and piperine, two alkaloid amides from Piper.

    D.P. Bezerra;F.O. Castro;A.P.N.N. Alves;C. Pessoa

  • Cytotoxic activity of Brazilian Cerrado plants used in traditional medicine against cancer cell lines

    Mariana Laundry de Mesquita;José Elias de Paula;Cláudia Pessoa;Manoel Odorico de Moraes

  • The cytotoxic and embryotoxic effects of kaurenoic acid, a diterpene isolated from Copaifera langsdorffii oleo-resin.

    L.V. Costa-Lotufo;G.M.A. Cunha;P.A.M. Farias;G.S.B. Viana

  • Antitumor properties of a sulfated polysaccharide from the red seaweed Champia feldmannii (Diaz‐Pifferer)

    Kézia O. A. L. Lins;Daniel P. Bezerra;Ana Paula N. N. Alves;Nylane M. N. Alencar

  • Influences of FSH and EGF on primordial follicles during in vitro culture of caprine ovarian cortical tissue.

    José R.V Silva;José R.V Silva;Rob van den Hurk;Maria H.T de Matos;Regiane R dos Santos

  • In vitro and in vivo antitumor effect of 5-FU combined with piplartine and piperine

    Daniel P. Bezerra;Fernanda O. de Castro;Ana Paula N. N. Alves;Cláudia Pessoa

  • EGFR targeting for cancer therapy: Pharmacology and immunoconjugates with drugs and nanoparticles

    Elias da Silva Santos;Karina Alexandre Barros Nogueira;Luiziana Cavalcante Costa Fernandes;Jéssica Roberta Pereira Martins

  • Piplartine induces inhibition of leukemia cell proliferation triggering both apoptosis and necrosis pathways.

    Daniel Pereira Bezerra;Gardenia Carmen Gadelha Militão;Fernanda Oliveira de Castro;Cláudia Pessoa

  • Genotoxicity evaluation of kaurenoic acid, a bioactive diterpenoid present in Copaiba oil.

    B.C. Cavalcanti;L.V. Costa-lotufo;M.O. Moraes;R.R. Burbano

  • In vivo growth-inhibition of Sarcoma 180 tumor by alginates from brown seaweed Sargassum vulgare

    Alessandra Paula Alves de Sousa;Márcia Rocha Torres;Cláudia Pessoa;Manoel Odorico de Moraes

  • Folk uses and pharmacological properties of Casearia sylvestris: a medicinal review

    Paulo Michel P. Ferreira;Leticia V. Costa-Lotufo;Manoel O. Moraes;Francisco W.A. Barros

  • Antibacterial activity against resistant bacteria and cytotoxicity of four alkaloid toxins isolated from the marine sponge Arenosclera brasiliensis.

    Yohandra R Torres;Roberto G.S Berlinck;Gislene G.F Nascimento;Sérgio C Fortier

  • Biological activity in extracts of ascidians (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) from the northeastern Brazilian coast

    Paula C Jimenez;Sérgio C Fortier;Tito M.C Lotufo;Cláudia Pessoa

  • In vivo antitumoural activity and composition of an oil extract of Brazilian propolis

    Adriana Andrade Carvalho;Daiane Finger;Christiane Schinieder Machado;Eduardo Morgado Schmidt

  • Synthesis and potent antitumor activity of new arylamino derivatives of nor-β-lapachone and nor-α-lapachone

    Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior;Maria Cecília B.V. de Souza;Antônio V. Pinto;Maria do Carmo F.R. Pinto

  • Cytotoxic, Trypanocidal Activities and Physicochemical Parameters of nor-β-Lapachone-based 1,2,3-Triazoles

    N Eufrânio;Maria Aline;B. F. de Moura;Antonio V. Pinto

  • Antiproliferative activity of pristimerin isolated from Maytenus ilicifolia (Celastraceae) in human HL-60 cells.

    Patricia Marçal da Costa;Paulo Michel Pinheiro Ferreira;Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani;Maysa Furlan

  • Genotoxic effects of aluminum chloride in cultured human lymphocytes treated in different phases of cell cycle

    P.D.L. Lima;D.S. Leite;M.C. Vasconcellos;B.C. Cavalcanti

  • Challenges and rewards of research in marine natural products chemistry in Brazil.

    Roberto G S Berlinck;Eduardo Hajdu;Rosana M da Rocha;Jaine H H L de Oliveira

Frequent Co-Authors

Manoel Odorico de Moraes
Manoel Odorico de Moraes Universidade Federal do Ceará
Letícia V. Costa-Lotufo
Letícia V. Costa-Lotufo Universidade de São Paulo
João Antonio Pêgas Henriques
João Antonio Pêgas Henriques University of Caxias Do Sul
Norberto Peporine Lopes
Norberto Peporine Lopes Universidade de São Paulo
Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani
Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani Sao Paulo State University
Vitor F. Ferreira
Vitor F. Ferreira Fluminense Federal University
Jairo Kenupp Bastos
Jairo Kenupp Bastos Universidade de São Paulo
Claus Jacob
Claus Jacob Saarland University
Célio Lopes Silva
Célio Lopes Silva Universidade de São Paulo
Eliezer J. Barreiro
Eliezer J. Barreiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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