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Overview

Maria João Matos is affiliated with the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Their research spans several fields with a primary focus on medicine and chemistry. Within these broad areas, their work particularly covers organic chemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology, computational theory and mathematics, and oncology.

The main topics of study in Maria João Matos's research include:

  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Synthesis and Biological Activity
  • Synthesis of Organic Compounds
  • Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Maria João Matos provide insight into the range of their research interests and contributions. These include:

  • Trending Topics on Coumarin and Its Derivatives in 2020, 2021, published in Molecules
  • Combined 3D-QSAR and Docking Analysis for the Design and Synthesis of Chalcones as Potent and Selective Monoamine Oxidase B Inhibitors, 2021, Bioorganic Chemistry
  • Looking for New Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitors: 3-Phenylcoumarins versus 2-Phenylbenzofurans, 2020, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Theobroma cacao L. Compounds: Theoretical Study and Molecular Modeling as Inhibitors of Main SARS-CoV-2 Protease, 2021, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • Coumarin-Rasagiline Hybrids as Potent and Selective hMAO-B Inhibitors, Antioxidants, and Neuroprotective Agents, 2020, ChemMedChem

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Maria João Matos are:

  • Eugenio Uriarte
  • Fernanda Borges
  • Dolores Viña
  • Benedetta Era
  • Antonella Fais

Maria João Matos has published frequently in the following scientific journals and venues:

  • Molecules
  • ChemMedChem
  • Bioorganic Chemistry
  • Future Medicinal Chemistry
  • Journal of Applied Toxicology

Best Publications

  • Chromone: A Valid Scaffold in Medicinal Chemistry

    Alexandra Gaspar;Alexandra Gaspar;Maria João Matos;Maria João Matos;Jorge Garrido;Jorge Garrido;Eugenio Uriarte

  • Chemo- and Regioselective Lysine Modification on Native Proteins.

    Maria J Matos;Bruno L Oliveira;Nuria Martínez-Sáez;Ana Guerreiro

  • Coumarins — An Important Class of Phytochemicals

    Maria João Matos;Lourdes Santana;Eugenio Uriarte;Orlando A.Abreu

  • Antioxidant and Pro-Oxidant Effects of Polyphenolic Compounds and Structure-Activity Relationship Evidence

    Estela Guardado Yordi;Enrique Molina Pérez;Maria João Matos;Eugenio Uriarte Villares

  • Stoichiometric and irreversible cysteine-selective protein modification using carbonylacrylic reagents

    Barbara Bernardim;Pedro M.S.D. Cal;Pedro M.S.D. Cal;Maria J. Matos;Bruno L. Oliveira

  • Synthesis and study of a series of 3-arylcoumarins as potent and selective monoamine oxidase B inhibitors.

    Maria J Matos;Carmen Terán;Yunierkis Pérez-Castillo;Eugenio Uriarte

  • Potential pharmacological uses of chalcones: a patent review (from June 2011 – 2014)

    Maria João Matos;Saleta Vazquez-Rodriguez;Eugenio Uriarte;Lourdes Santana

  • A new series of 3-phenylcoumarins as potent and selective MAO-B inhibitors.

    Maria Joao Matos;Dolores Viña;Elias Quezada;Carmen Picciau

  • Synthesis and evaluation of 6-methyl-3-phenylcoumarins as potent and selective MAO-B inhibitors.

    Maria Joao Matos;Maria Joao Matos;Dolores Viña;Carmen Picciau;Carmen Picciau;Francisco Orallo

  • Novel 2-pheynlbenzofuran derivatives as selective butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease

    Amit Kumar;Francesca Pintus;Amalia Di Petrillo;Rosaria Medda

  • 3-Substituted coumarins as dual inhibitors of AChE and MAO for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

    Dolores Viña;Maria João Matos;Matilde Yáñez;Lourdes Santana

  • Synthesis and electrochemical and biological studies of novel coumarin-chalcone hybrid compounds.

    Fernanda Pérez-Cruz;Saleta Vazquez-Rodriguez;Maria João Matos;Alejandra Herrera-Morales

  • Tyrosinase Inhibitor Activity of Coumarin-Resveratrol Hybrids

    Antonella Fais;M Corda;Benedetta Era;Mb Fadda

  • Chemoselective Installation of Amine Bonds on Proteins through Aza-Michael Ligation

    Allyson M. Freedy;Maria J. Matos;Omar Boutureira;Francisco Corzana;Francisco Corzana

  • Antibacterial Activity and Molecular Docking Studies of a Selected Series of Hydroxy-3-arylcoumarins

    Maria Barbara Pisano;Amit Kumar;Rosaria Medda;Gianluca Gatto

  • New halogenated 3-phenylcoumarins as potent and selective MAO-B inhibitors.

    Maria João Matos;Maria João Matos;Dolores Viña;Patricia Janeiro;Patricia Janeiro;Fernanda Borges

  • Synthesis of coumarin–chalcone hybrids and evaluation of their antioxidant and trypanocidal properties

    Saleta Vazquez-Rodriguez;Roberto Figueroa-Guíñez;Maria João Matos;Lourdes Santana

  • A thioether-directed palladium-cleavable linker for targeted bioorthogonal drug decaging

    Benjamin J Stenton;Bruno L Oliveira;Maria J Matos;Laura Sinatra

  • Looking for new targets: simple coumarins as antibacterial agents

    Maria Joao Matos;Saleta Vazquez-Rodriguez;Lourdes Santana;Eugenio Uriarte

  • Focusing on new monoamine oxidase inhibitors: Differently substituted coumarins as an interesting scaffold

    Maria João Matos;Dolores Viña;Saleta Vazquez-Rodriguez;Eugenio Uriarte

  • Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of novel amino/nitro substituted 3-arylcoumarins as antibacterial agents.

    Maria J Matos;Saleta Vazquez-Rodriguez;Lourdes Santana;Eugenio Uriarte

  • MAO inhibitory activity modulation: 3-Phenylcoumarins versus 3-benzoylcoumarins.

    Maria João Matos;Saleta Vazquez-Rodriguez;Eugenio Uriarte;Lourdes Santana

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugenio Uriarte
Eugenio Uriarte University of Santiago de Compostela
Lourdes Santana
Lourdes Santana University of Santiago de Compostela
Fernanda Borges
Fernanda Borges University of Porto
Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes
Gonçalo J. L. Bernardes University of Cambridge
Karl-Norbert Klotz
Karl-Norbert Klotz University of Würzburg
Paulo P. Freitas
Paulo P. Freitas International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
George Hripcsak
George Hripcsak Columbia University
Ana Maria Oliveira-Brett
Ana Maria Oliveira-Brett University of Coimbra
Tuomas P. J. Knowles
Tuomas P. J. Knowles University of Cambridge

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