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Severino Matias de Alencar

Severino Matias de Alencar

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
13076
World Ranking
11941
National Ranking
50

Overview

Severino Matias de Alencar is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine. Within these areas, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Food Science, Insect Science, Biochemistry, Plant Science, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's work emphasizes several key topics including Bee Products Chemical Analysis, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, Microencapsulation and Drying Processes, Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Meat and Animal Product Quality.

Severino Matias de Alencar has published numerous papers, with notable recent works including:

  • Açaí seeds: An unexplored agro-industrial residue as a potential source of lipids, fibers, and antioxidant phenolic compounds (2020, Industrial Crops and Products)
  • Bee propolis extract as a phytogenic feed additive to enhance diet digestibility, rumen microbial biosynthesis, mitigating methane formation and health status of late pregnant ewes (2021, Animal Feed Science and Technology)
  • Co-encapsulation of guaraná extracts and probiotics increases probiotic survivability and simultaneously delivers bioactive compounds in simulated gastrointestinal fluids (2022, LWT)
  • Brazilian red propolis exhibits antiparasitic properties in vitro and reduces worm burden and egg production in an mouse model harboring either early or chronic Schistosoma mansoni infection (2020, Journal of Ethnopharmacology)
  • Mineral bioaccessibility in 3D printed gels based on milk/starch/ĸ-carrageenan for dysphagic people (2023, Food Research International)

The venues where Severino Matias de Alencar frequently publishes include:

  • Food Research International
  • Food Chemistry
  • Foods
  • Preprints.org
  • Research Square

Collaboration is a significant part of their work. Frequent co-authors include Pedro Luiz Rosalen, Alan Giovanini de Oliveira Sartori, Ana Sofia Martelli Chaib Saliba, Marcelo Franchin, and Adna Prado Massarioli.

Best Publications

  • Botanical origin and chemical composition of Brazilian propolis.

    Yong K Park;Severino M Alencar;Claudio L Aguiar

  • Chemical composition and biological activity of a new type of Brazilian propolis: red propolis.

    S.M. Alencar;T.L.C. Oldoni;M.L. Castro;I.S.R. Cabral

  • Antioxidant activity by DPPH assay of potential solutions to be applied on bleached teeth

    Eugenio José Garcia;Tatiane Luiza Cadorin Oldoni;Severino Matias de Alencar;Alessandra Reis

  • Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils and Their Isolated Constituents against Cariogenic Bacteria: A Systematic Review.

    Irlan Almeida Freires;Carina Denny;Bruna Benso;Severino Matias de Alencar

  • Chemical composition and botanical origin of red propolis, a new type of brazilian propolis.

    Bruno B. Silva;Pedro L. Rosalen;Jaime A. Cury;Masaharu Ikegaki

  • Microencapsulation of propolis extract by complex coacervation

    Mírian Pozippe Nori;Carmen Sílvia Favaro-Trindade;Severino Matias de Alencar;Marcelo Thomazini

  • Anti-Inflammatory and Antimicrobial Evaluation of Neovestitol and Vestitol Isolated from Brazilian Red Propolis

    Bruno Bueno-Silva;Severino M. Alencar;Hyun Koo;Masaharu Ikegaki

  • Exploration of avocado by-products as natural sources of bioactive compounds.

    Maria Augusta Tremocoldi;Pedro Luiz Rosalen;Marcelo Franchin;Adna Prado Massarioli

  • Assessment of production efficiency, physicochemical properties and storage stability of spray-dried propolis, a natural food additive, using gum Arabic and OSA starch-based carrier systems

    Felipe C. da Silva;Carolina Rodrigues da Fonseca;Severino Matias de Alencar;Marcelo Thomazini

  • Antioxidant activity of Brazilian vegetables and its relation with phenolic composition.

    Ana P. Tiveron;Priscilla S. Melo;Keityane B. Bergamaschi;Thais M. F. S. Vieira

  • A pharmacological perspective on the use of Brazilian Red Propolis and its isolated compounds against human diseases.

    Irlan Almeida Freires;Severino Matias de Alencar;Pedro Luiz Rosalen

  • Composição fenólica, atividade antibacteriana e antioxidante da própolis vermelha brasileira

    Ingridy Simone Ribeiro Cabral;Tatiane Luiza Cadorin Oldoni;Adna Prado;Rosângela Maria Neves Bezerra

  • Coriandrum sativum L. (Coriander) Essential Oil: Antifungal Activity and Mode of Action on Candida spp., and Molecular Targets Affected in Human Whole-Genome Expression

    Irlan de Almeida Freires;Ramiro Mendonça Murata;Vivian Fernandes Furletti;Adilson Sartoratto

  • Winery by-products: Extraction optimization, phenolic composition and cytotoxic evaluation to act as a new source of scavenging of reactive oxygen species

    Priscilla Siqueira Melo;Adna Prado Massarioli;Carina Denny;Luciana Ferracini dos Santos

  • Effect of a new variety of Apis mellifera propolis on mutans Streptococci.

    Hyun Koo;Pedro L. Rosalen;Jaime A. Cury;Gláucia M. B. Ambrosano

  • Antimicrobial and antiproliferative activities of stingless bee Melipona scutellaris geopropolis

    Marcos Guilherme da Cunha;Marcelo Franchin;Livia Camara de Carvalho Galvao;Ana Lucia Tasca Gois de Ruiz

  • The effect of seasons on Brazilian red propolis and its botanical source: chemical composition and antibacterial activity

    Bruno Bueno-Silva;Alexandre Marsola;Masaharu Ikegaki;Severino M. Alencar

  • Isolation and analysis of bioactive isoflavonoids and chalcone from a new type of Brazilian propolis

    Tatiane Luiza Cadorin Oldoni;Ingridy Simone Ribeiro Cabral;Marisa Aparecida Bismara Regitano d’Arce;Pedro Luiz Rosalen

  • The use of Brazilian propolis for discovery and development of novel anti-inflammatory drugs

    Marcelo Franchin;Irlan Almeida Freires;Josy Goldoni Lazarini;Bruno Dias Nani

  • Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils against Streptococcus mutans and their Antiproliferative Effects.

    Lívia Câmara de Carvalho Galvão;Vivian Fernandes Furletti;Salete Meyre Fernandes Bersan;Marcos Guilherme da Cunha

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro Luiz Rosalen
Pedro Luiz Rosalen State University of Campinas
Hyun Koo
Hyun Koo University of Pennsylvania
Thiago M. Cunha
Thiago M. Cunha Universidade de São Paulo
Fereidoon Shahidi
Fereidoon Shahidi Memorial University of Newfoundland
Carmen J. Contreras-Castillo
Carmen J. Contreras-Castillo Universidade de São Paulo
John A. Beutler
John A. Beutler National Institutes of Health
Adibe Luiz Abdalla
Adibe Luiz Abdalla Universidade de São Paulo
Júlio Cesar de Carvalho Balieiro
Júlio Cesar de Carvalho Balieiro Universidade de São Paulo
Gerson Barreto Mourão
Gerson Barreto Mourão Universidade de São Paulo
Sobhy M. A. Sallam
Sobhy M. A. Sallam Alexandria University

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