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Sílvia M. Rocha

Sílvia M. Rocha

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Chemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
7898
World Ranking
13697
National Ranking
116

Overview

Sílvia M. Rocha is affiliated with the University of Aveiro in Portugal. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant presence also in Medicine. The main subfields of study include Food Science, Plant Science, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The primary topics covered in their research work are:

  • Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography

Sílvia M. Rocha has published extensively in a range of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Foods
  • Applied Sciences
  • Molecules
  • Antioxidants
  • Microchemical Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research include Carina Pedrosa Costa, Armando J. D. Silvestre, Manuel A. Coimbra, Cátia Martins, and Alexandre Fonseca.

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Sílvia M. Rocha include:

  • Purple passion fruit (Passiflora edulis f. edulis): A comprehensive review on the nutritional value, phytochemical profile and associated health effects, 2022, Food Research International
  • Revealing the Usefulness of Aroma Networks to Explain Wine Aroma Properties: A Case Study of Portuguese Wines, 2020, Molecules
  • Natural-Based Antioxidant Extracts as Potential Mitigators of Fruit Browning, 2020, Antioxidants
  • Chemical Characterization of Sambucus nigra L. Flowers Aqueous Extract and Its Biological Implications, 2021, Biomolecules
  • Strategies to Preserve Postharvest Quality of Horticultural Crops and Superficial Scald Control: From Diphenylamine Antioxidant Usage to More Recent Approaches, 2020, Antioxidants

Best Publications

  • Use of FT-IR spectroscopy as a tool for the analysis of polysaccharide food additives

    Marcela Černá;António S. Barros;Alexandra Nunes;Sı́lvia M. Rocha

  • Volatile composition of Baga red wine: assessment of the identification of the would-be impact odourants

    Sı́lvia M Rocha;Fanny Rodrigues;Paula Coutinho;Ivonne Delgadillo

  • Headspace solid phase microextraction (SPME) analysis of flavor compounds in wines. Effect of the matrix volatile composition in the relative response factors in a wine model.

    Silvia Rocha;Vitor Ramalheira;Antonio Barros;Ivonne Delgadillo

  • Headspace-SPME applied to varietal volatile components evolution during Vitis vinifera L. cv. ‘Baga’ ripening

    Elisabete Coelho;Sílvia M. Rocha;Ivonne Delgadillo;Manuel A. Coimbra

  • Amylose contents, rheological properties and gelatinization kinetics of yam (Dioscorea alata) and cassava (Manihot utilissima) starches

    R.A Freitas;R.C Paula;J.P.A Feitosa;S Rocha

  • One-pot conversion of furfural to useful bio-products in the presence of a Sn,Al-containing zeolite beta catalyst prepared via post-synthesis routes

    Margarida M. Antunes;Sérgio Lima;Patrícia Neves;Ana L. Magalhães

  • Detection of rancid defect in virgin olive oil by the electronic nose.

    Ramón Aparicio;Silvia M. Rocha;Ivonne Delgadillo;María Teresa Morales

  • Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry of monoterpenoids as a powerful tool for grape origin traceability.

    Sílvia M. Rocha;Elisabete Coelho;Jitka Zrostlíková;Ivonne Delgadillo

  • Conversion of furfuryl alcohol to ethyl levulinate using porous aluminosilicate acid catalysts

    Patrícia Neves;Sérgio Lima;Martyn Pillinger;Sílvia M. Rocha

  • Morphogenesis Control in Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis through Signaling Molecules Produced by Planktonic and Biofilm Cells

    Margarida Isabel Barros Coelho Martins;Mariana Henriques;Joana Azeredo;Sílvia M. Rocha

  • Allergic asthma exhaled breath metabolome: A challenge for comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography

    M. Caldeira;Rosa Maria de Sá Perestrelo;Rosa Maria de Sá Perestrelo;António S. Barros;M. J. Bilelo

  • Phenolic profile of Sercial and Tinta Negra Vitis vinifera L. grape skins by HPLC–DAD–ESI-MSn: Novel phenolic compounds in Vitis vinifera L. grape

    Rosa Maria de Sá Perestrelo;Rosa Maria de Sá Perestrelo;Ying Lu;Sónia A. O. Santos;Armando J. D. Silvestre

  • In vitro and in vivo studies of natural products: A challenge for their valuation. The case study of chamomile (Matricaria recutita L.)

    Sílvia Petronilho;Marcelo Maraschin;Manuel A. Coimbra;Sílvia M. Rocha

  • The Quest for Phenolic Compounds from Macroalgae: A Review of Extraction and Identification Methodologies

    Sónia A O Santos;Rafael Félix;Adriana C S Pais;Sílvia M Rocha

  • Quantification approach for assessment of sparkling wine volatiles from different soils, ripening stages, and varieties by stir bar sorptive extraction with liquid desorption.

    Elisabete Coelho;Manuel A. Coimbra;J.M.F. Nogueira;Sílvia M. Rocha

  • Production of biomass-derived furanic ethers and levulinate esters using heterogeneous acid catalysts

    Patrícia Neves;Margarida M. Antunes;Patrícia A. Russo;Joana P. Abrantes

  • Integrated reduction and acid-catalysed conversion of furfural in alcohol medium using Zr,Al-containing ordered micro/mesoporous silicates

    Margarida M. Antunes;Sérgio Lima;Patrícia Neves;Ana L. Magalhães

  • In-depth search focused on furans, lactones, volatile phenols, and acetals as potential age markers of Madeira wines by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry combined with solid phase microextraction

    Rosa Maria de Sá Perestrelo;António S. Barros;José de Sousa Câmara;Sílvia M. Rocha

  • Chlorophyta and Rhodophyta macroalgae: a source of health promoting phytochemicals.

    Sonia A.O. Santos;Carla Vilela;Carmen S.R. Freire;Maria H. Abreu

  • 13C solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance and Fourier transform infrared studies of the thermal decomposition of cork.

    C.Pascoal Neto;J. Rocha;A. Gil;N. Cordeiro

  • Profiling allergic asthma volatile metabolic patterns using a headspace-solid phase microextraction/gas chromatography based methodology

    M. Caldeira;António S. Barros;M. J. Bilelo;A. Parada

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel A. Coimbra
Manuel A. Coimbra University of Aveiro
Armando J. D. Silvestre
Armando J. D. Silvestre University of Aveiro
Ivonne Delgadillo
Ivonne Delgadillo University of Aveiro
Adelaide Almeida
Adelaide Almeida University of Aveiro
José S. Câmara
José S. Câmara Universidade da Madeira
Ângela Cunha
Ângela Cunha University of Aveiro
Anabela A. Valente
Anabela A. Valente University of Aveiro
Martyn Pillinger
Martyn Pillinger University of Aveiro
Carmen S.R. Freire
Carmen S.R. Freire University of Aveiro
Rosário Oliveira
Rosário Oliveira University of Minho

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