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Daneel Ferreira is affiliated with the University of Mississippi in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on molecular biology, pharmacology, plant science, nutrition and dietetics, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

Their work concentrates on multiple interconnected topics, including:

  • Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
  • Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
  • Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Biological and pharmacological studies of plants
  • Bioactive natural compounds
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products

Ferreira has published extensively, with a notable number of papers appearing in the following venues:

  • Journal of Natural Products (12 publications)
  • Molecules (3 publications)
  • UNC Libraries (3 publications)
  • Cuadernos de Educación y Desarrollo (2 publications)
  • Chemical Reviews (1 publication)

Representative recent papers include:

  • Oligosaccharides and Complex Carbohydrates: A New Paradigm for Cranberry Bioactivity, 2020, Molecules
  • Tridiscorhabdin and Didiscorhabdin, the First Discorhabdin Oligomers Linked with a Direct C-N Bridge from the Sponge Latrunculia biformis Collected from the Deep Sea in Antarctica, 2020, Journal of Natural Products
  • Bioactive Lignans from Hypoestes aristata, 2020, Journal of Natural Products
  • Proanthocyanidin Block Arrays (PACBAR) for Comprehensive Capture and Delineation of Proanthocyanidin Structures, 2020, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Hepatoprotective Glucosyloxybenzyl 2-Hydroxy-2-isobutylsuccinates from Pleione yunnanensis, 2021, Journal of Natural Products

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ferreira include:

  • Pankaj Pandey (10 coauthored publications)
  • Amar G. Chittiboyina (10 coauthored publications)
  • Zulfıqar Ali (6 coauthored publications)
  • Guido F. Pauli (5 coauthored publications)
  • Jordan K. Zjawiony (5 coauthored publications)

The body of work reflects a multidisciplinary approach integrating natural products chemistry and pharmacological studies, particularly in the context of plant-based bioactive compounds and marine natural products. This research contributes to the understanding of biochemical mechanisms underlying natural product biosynthesis and their potential applications in health sciences and pharmacology.

Best Publications

  • Role of anthocyanidin reductase, encoded by BANYULS in plant flavonoid biosynthesis.

    De-Yu Xie;Shashi B. Sharma;Nancy L. Paiva;Daneel Ferreira

  • Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG): chemical and biomedical perspectives.

    Dale G. Nagle;Daneel Ferreira;Yu-Dong Zhou

  • Molecules of InterestGenistein

    Richard A. Dixon;Daneel Ferreira

  • Antioxidant, Antimalarial and Antimicrobial Activities of Tannin-Rich Fractions, Ellagitannins and Phenolic Acids from Punica granatum L.

    Muntha K. Reddy;Sashi K. Gupta;Melissa R. Jacob;Shabana I. Khan

  • Circular dichroism, a powerful tool for the assessment of absolute configuration of flavonoids.

    Desmond Slade;Daneel Ferreira;Jannie P.J. Marais

  • Pomegranate phenolics from the peels, arils, and flowers are antiatherogenic: studies in vivo in atherosclerotic apolipoprotein e-deficient (E 0) mice and in vitro in cultured macrophages and lipoproteins.

    Michael Aviram;Nina Volkova;Raymond Coleman;Mark Dreher

  • The influence of pomegranate by-product and punicalagins on selected groups of human intestinal microbiota

    Dobroslawa Bialonska;Priya Ramnani;Sashi G. Kasimsetty;Kesava R. Muntha

  • Urolithins, Intestinal Microbial Metabolites of Pomegranate Ellagitannins, Exhibit Potent Antioxidant Activity in a Cell-Based Assay

    Dobroslawa Bialonska;Sashi G. Kasimsetty;Shabana I. Khan;Daneel Ferreira

  • Determination of Absolute Configuration of Natural Products: Theoretical Calculation of Electronic Circular Dichroism as a Tool.

    Xing-Cong Li;Daneel Ferreira;Yuanqing Ding

  • Oligomeric proanthocyanidins: naturally occurring O-heterocycles

    Daneel Ferreira;Desmond Slade

  • Colon Cancer Chemopreventive Activities of Pomegranate Ellagitannins and Urolithins

    Sashi G. Kasimsetty;Dobroslawa Bialonska;Muntha K. Reddy;Guoyi Ma

  • Photochemistry of flavonoids.

    Miroslav Sisa;Susan L. Bonnet;Daneel Ferreira;Jan H. Van der Westhuizen

  • Schisandrene, a Dibenzocyclooctadiene Lignan from Schisandra chinensis: Structure−Antioxidant Activity Relationships of Dibenzocyclooctadiene Lignans⊥

    Young-Whan Choi;Satoshi Takamatsu;Shabana I. Khan;Pullela V. Srinivas

  • The Effect of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Byproducts and Ellagitannins on the Growth of Human Gut Bacteria

    Dobroslawa Bialonska;Sashi G. Kasimsetty;Kevin K. Schrader;Daneel Ferreira

  • Molecular and Biochemical Analysis of Two cDNA Clones Encoding Dihydroflavonol-4-Reductase from Medicago truncatula

    De-Yu Xie;Lisa A. Jackson;John D. Cooper;Daneel Ferreira

  • Antioxidant activity of the dihydrochalcones aspalathin and nothofagin and their corresponding flavones in relation to other rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) flavonoids, Epigallocatechin gallate, and Trolox.

    Petra W Snijman;Elizabeth Joubert;Daneel Ferreira;Xing-Cong Li

  • Synthesis of condensed tannins. Part 9. The condensation sequence of leucocyanidin with (+)-catechin and with the resultant procyanidins

    Jan. A. Delcour;Daneel Ferreira;David G. Roux

  • The Stereochemistry of Flavonoids

    J. P. J. Marais;B. Deavours;R. A. Dixon;D. Ferreira

  • Phenolic metabolites from rooibos tea (Aspalathus linearis)

    Charlene Rabe;Jacobus A. Steenkamp;Elizabeth Joubert;Elizabeth Joubert;Johann F.W. Burger

  • Antiparasitic activity of some xanthones and biflavonoids from the root bark of Garcinia livingstonei.

    Zakaria H. Mbwambo;Modest C. Kapingu;Mainen J. Moshi;Francis Machumi

  • Molecules of Interest Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG): Chemical and biomedical perspectives

    Dale G. Nagle;Daneel Ferreira;Yu-Dong Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Jordan K. Zjawiony
Jordan K. Zjawiony University of Mississippi
Xing-Cong Li
Xing-Cong Li University of Mississippi
Ikhlas A. Khan
Ikhlas A. Khan University of Mississippi
Frank R. Fronczek
Frank R. Fronczek Louisiana State University
Mark T. Hamann
Mark T. Hamann Medical University of South Carolina
Babu L. Tekwani
Babu L. Tekwani Southern Research Institute
Elizabeth Joubert
Elizabeth Joubert Stellenbosch University
Jun Li
Jun Li Applied Biological Materials (Canada)
Franck E. Dayan
Franck E. Dayan Colorado State University
Stephen O. Duke
Stephen O. Duke University of Mississippi

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