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Elena Ibáñez is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has an extensive publication record across multiple fields related to agricultural and biological sciences, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans 104 publications in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 93 in Medicine, and 73 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work focuses on key subfields such as Molecular Biology, Food Science, Biochemistry, Plant Science, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Within these areas, the prominent research topics include Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, Algal Biology and Biofuel Production, Plant Biochemistry and Biosynthesis, Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, and Edible Oils Quality and Analysis.

Ibáñez has contributed to several scientific publications with a range of recent papers including:

  • Natural products in drug discovery: advances and opportunities, 2021, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • Food by-products and food wastes: are they safe enough for their valorization?, 2021, Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • Foodomics: Analytical Opportunities and Challenges, 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • In vitro neuroprotective potential of terpenes from industrial orange juice by-products, 2020, Food & Function
  • Bacterial Carotenoids: Extraction, Characterization, and Applications, 2021, Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues, with notable co-authors being Alejandro Cifuentes (94 publications together), J. A. Mendiola (42 publications), Gerardo Álvarez-Rivera (39 publications), Alberto Valdés (20 publications), and Miguel Herrero (19 publications).

Common venues for their publications include Frontiers in Nutrition, Foods, The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, Food Chemistry, and International Journal of Molecular Sciences, reflecting a broad engagement with journals specializing in food science, nutrition, and analytical methodologies.

In addition to journal work, the scientist has authored books published by Frontiers Media, including a recent contribution titled Insights in Nutrition and Food Science Technology (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

  • Screening for Bioactive Compounds from Algae

    Merichel Plaza;Susana Santoyo;Laura Jaime;G. García-Blairsy Reina

  • Innovative Natural Functional Ingredients from Microalgae

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

  • Subcritical water extraction of antioxidant compounds from rosemary plants.

    Elena Ibañez;Alena Kubátová;F Javier Señoráns;Sofia Cavero

  • Characterization via liquid chromatography coupled to diode array detector and tandem mass spectrometry of supercritical fluid antioxidant extracts of Spirulina platensis microalga

    Jose A. Mendiola;Francisco R. Marín;S. Francisco Hernández;Bertha O. Arredondo

  • On the biodegradability, mechanical behavior, and cytocompatibility of amorphous Mg72Zn23Ca5and crystalline Mg70Zn23Ca5Pd2alloys as temporary implant materials

    E. Pellicer;S. González;A. Blanquer;S. Suriñach

  • 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

  • Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oil obtained via supercritical fluid extraction.

    S. Santoyo;S. Cavero;L. Jaime;E. Ibañez

  • Compressed fluids for the extraction of bioactive compounds

    Miguel Herrero;María Castro-Puyana;José A. Mendiola;Elena Ibañez

  • Extraction and Characterization of Bioactive Compounds with Health Benefits from Marine Resources: Macro and Micro Algae, Cyanobacteria, and Invertebrates

    Elena Ibañez;Miguel Herrero;Jose A. Mendiola;María Castro-Puyana

  • 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

  • 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

  • Facts about the formation of new antioxidants in natural samples after subcritical water extraction

    Merichel Plaza;Miryam Amigo-Benavent;María D. del Castillo;Elena Ibáñez

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Alejandro Cifuentes
Alejandro Cifuentes Spanish National Research Council
Miguel Herrero
Miguel Herrero Spanish National Research Council
Guillermo Reglero
Guillermo Reglero Autonomous University of Madrid
Pedro J. Martín-Álvarez
Pedro J. Martín-Álvarez Spanish National Research Council
Antonio Segura-Carretero
Antonio Segura-Carretero University of Granada
Carolina Simó
Carolina Simó Spanish National Research Council
Coral Barbas
Coral Barbas CEU San Pablo University
Agustín Olano
Agustín Olano Spanish National Research Council
Charlotta Turner
Charlotta Turner Lund University
Luca Rastrelli
Luca Rastrelli University of Salerno

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