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Isabel Medina is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research spans various fields within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. This interdisciplinarity is reflected in the diverse topics and subfields that the scientist has explored.

Medina's main topics of research include:

  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology
  • Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology
  • Biochemical Effects in Animals

The subfields of study contributing to their work are Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology, Aquatic Science, Physiology, and Biochemistry. These provide a strong scientific foundation for investigating nutritional, biochemical, and physiological processes in animals and plants, with a particular focus on aquatic environments and metabolic health.

Throughout their career, Medina has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Foods (6 publications)
  • Marine Drugs (5 publications)
  • Antioxidants (3 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (2 publications)
  • Progress in Lipid Research (2 publications)

Selected recent papers illustrate the breadth of their research interests:

  • "Serum proteomics of active tuberculosis patients and contacts reveals unique processes activated during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Microalgal Lipid Extracts Have Potential to Modulate the Inflammatory Response: A Critical Review," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Polyphenols and Fish Oils for Improving Metabolic Health: A Revision of the Recent Evidence for Their Combined Nutraceutical Effects," 2021, Molecules
  • "The Potential Impacts by the Invasion of Insects Reared to Feed Livestock and Pet Animals in Europe and Other Regions: A Critical Review," 2022, Sustainability
  • "Oxylipin profiling for clinical research: Current status and future perspectives," 2024, Progress in Lipid Research

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Medina's research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lucía Méndez
  • Santiago P. Aubourg
  • Bernat Miralles-Pérez
  • Marta Romeu
  • Sara Ramos-Romero

Best Publications

  • Activity of grape polyphenols as inhibitors of the oxidation of fish lipids and frozen fish muscle

    Manuel Pazos;José Manuel Gallardo;Josep Lluís Torres;Isabel Medina

  • Solid-phase microextraction method for the determination of volatile compounds associated to oxidation of fish muscle.

    Jacobo Iglesias;Isabel Medina

  • Use of mtDNA Direct Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Sequencing and PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Methodologies in Species Identification of Canned Tuna

    J. Quinteiro;C. G. Sotelo;H. Rehbein;S. E. Pryde

  • Challenges in the identification of species of canned fish

    I.M Mackie;S.E Pryde;C Gonzales-Sotelo;I Medina

  • Study of the volatile compounds useful for the characterisation of fresh and frozen-thawed cultured gilthead sea bream fish by solid-phase microextraction gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

    J. Iglesias;I. Medina;F. Bianchi;M. Careri

  • Volatile profile of Atlantic shellfish species by HS-SPME GC/MS

    Glenda Fratini;Salomé Lois;Manuel Pazos;Giuliana Parisi

  • Effect of molecular structure of phenolic families as hydroxycinnamic acids and catechins on their antioxidant effectiveness in minced fish muscle.

    I Medina;J M Gallardo;M J Gonzalez;S Lois

  • Effect of Lipophilization of Hydroxytyrosol on Its Antioxidant Activity in Fish Oils and Fish Oil-in-Water Emulsions

    Isabel Medina;Salomé Lois;David Alcántara;Ricardo Lucas

  • Influence of storage time and temperature on lipid deterioration during cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) frozen storage

    Santiago P Aubourg;Isabel Medina

  • Fish species identification in canned tuna by PCR-SSCP : validation by a collaborative study and investigation of intra-species variability of the DNA-patterns

    Hartmut Rehbein;Ian M Mackie;Susan Pryde;Carmen Gonzales-Sotelo

  • Proton nuclear magnetic resonance rapid and structure-specific determination ofω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in fish lipids

    Raffaele Sacchi;Isabel Medina;Santiago P. Aubourg;Francesco Addeo

  • Hydroxytyrosol prevents oxidative deterioration in foodstuffs rich in fish lipids.

    Manuel Pazos;Ana Alonso;Isabel Sánchez;Isabel Medina

  • COMPOSITION OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS OF WHITE MUSCLE OF SIX TUNA SPECIES

    Isabel Medina;Santiago P. Aubourg;Ricardo Isaac Pérez Martín

  • Quality preservation in chilled and frozen fish products by employment of slurry ice and natural antioxidants

    Isabel Medina;José Manuel Gallardo;Santiago P. Aubourg

  • Activity of caffeic acid in different fish lipid matrices: A review

    Isabel Medina;Ingrid Undeland;Karin Larsson;Ivar Storrø

  • Quantitative high-resolution 13C NMR analysis of lipids extracted from the white muscle of atlantic tuna (Thunnus alalunga)

    Raffaele. Sacchi;Isabel. Medina;Santiago P. Aubourg;Italo. Giudicianni

  • Comparison of natural polyphenol antioxidants from extra virgin olive oil with synthetic antioxidants in tuna lipids during thermal oxidation.

    Medina I;Satué-Gracia Mt;German Jb;Frankel En

  • Healthy effect of different proportions of marine ω-3 PUFAs EPA and DHA supplementation in Wistar rats: Lipidomic biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation.

    Gabriel Dasilva;Gabriel Dasilva;Manuel Pazos;Eduardo García-Egido;Jose Manuel Gallardo

  • Protective effect of the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: Eicosapentaenoic acid/Docosahexaenoic acid 1:1 ratio on cardiovascular disease risk markers in rats

    Laura Lluís;Núria Taltavull;Mònica Muñoz-Cortés;Vanesa Sánchez-Martos

  • Changes of proximate composition, energy storage and condition of European hake (Merluccius merluccius, L. 1758) through the spawning season

    Rosario Domínguez-Petit;Fran Saborido-Rey;Isabel Medina

  • Static headspace gas chromatographic analyses to determine oxidation of fish muscle lipids during thermal processing

    Isabel Medina;M. T. Satué-Gracia;Edwin N. Frankel

  • MS-Based Analytical Techniques: Advances in Spray-Based Methods and EI-LC-MS Applications.

    Federica Bianchi;Nicolò Riboni;Nicolò Riboni;Veronica Termopoli;Lucia Mendez

Frequent Co-Authors

José Manuel Gallardo
José Manuel Gallardo Spanish National Research Council
Santiago P. Aubourg
Santiago P. Aubourg Spanish National Research Council
Giuliana Parisi
Giuliana Parisi University of Florence
Marta Cascante
Marta Cascante University of Barcelona
Ángel F. González
Ángel F. González Spanish National Research Council
Judith Storch
Judith Storch Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Josefina Casas
Josefina Casas Spanish National Research Council
Ricardo Prego
Ricardo Prego Spanish National Research Council
Rafael Cela
Rafael Cela University of Santiago de Compostela
Edwin N. Frankel
Edwin N. Frankel University of California, Davis

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