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List of works by Leonor M. Almeida

3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) modulates the toxicity induced by nitric oxide in PC-12 cells via mitochondrial dysfunctioning.

scientific article published on 29 July 2008

4-Hydroxytamoxifen induces slight uncoupling of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation system in relation to the deleterious effects of tamoxifen

scientific article published in October 2002

4-Hydroxytamoxifen is a potent inhibitor of the mitochondrial permeability transition

scientific article published in October 2002

Action of phenolic derivatives (acetaminophen, salicylate, and 5-aminosalicylate) as inhibitors of membrane lipid peroxidation and as peroxyl radical scavengers

scientific article published on 01 November 1994

Anti-inflammatory protection afforded by cyanidin-3-glucoside and resveratrol in human intestinal cells via Nrf2 and PPAR-γ: Comparison with 5-aminosalicylic acid.

scientific article published on 3 November 2016

Antioxidant activity of 5-aminosalicylic acid against peroxidation of phosphatidylcholine liposomes in the presence of alpha-tocopherol: a synergistic interaction?

scientific article published on 01 July 1998

Cholesteryl ester hydroperoxide formation in myoglobin-catalyzed low density lipoprotein oxidation: concerted antioxidant activity of caffeic and p-coumaric acids with ascorbate.

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Cisplatin impairs rat liver mitochondrial functions by inducing changes on membrane ion permeability: prevention by thiol group protecting agents.

scientific article published on 30 January 2009

Comparison of anti-inflammatory activities of an anthocyanin-rich fraction from Portuguese blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) and 5-aminosalicylic acid in a TNBS-induced colitis rat model

scientific article published on 22 March 2017

Comparison of the changes in adenine nucleotides of rat liver mitochondria induced by tamoxifen and 4-hydroxytamoxifen

scientific article published in October 2003

Cyanidin-3-glucoside suppresses cytokine-induced inflammatory response in human intestinal cells: comparison with 5-aminosalicylic acid

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Dietary anthocyanins protect endothelial cells against peroxynitrite-induced mitochondrial apoptosis pathway and Bax nuclear translocation: an in vitro approach.

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Diphenyl diselenide, a simple glutathione peroxidase mimetic, inhibits human LDL oxidation in vitro.

scientific article published on 13 March 2008

Effect of dietary phenolic compounds on apoptosis of human cultured endothelial cells induced by oxidized LDL

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Effect of short-chain primary alcohols on fluidity and activity of sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes

scientific article published on 01 August 1986

Effects of lindane on membrane fluidity: intramolecular excimerization of a pyrene derivative and polarization of diphenylhexatriene

scientific article published in February 1990

Fluidity of sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes investigated with dipyrenylpropane, an intramolecular excimer probe

scientific article published on 01 November 1982

Hemolysis of human erythrocytes induced by tamoxifen is related to disruption of membrane structure

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Hydroxytamoxifen interaction with human erythrocyte membrane and induction of permeabilization and subsequent hemolysis

scientific article published in December 2001

Inhibition Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Permeability Transition by 4-Hydroxytamoxifen: Protection of NAD(P)H and Thiol Group Oxidation

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Inhibition of human LDL lipid peroxidation by phenol-rich beverages and their impact on plasma total antioxidant capacity in humans

scientific article (publication date: November 2000)

Inhibition of metmyoglobin/H2o2-dependent low density lipoprotein lipid peroxidation by naturally occurring phenolic acids

scientific article published on 01 February 1996

Intestinal anti-inflammatory activity of red wine extract: unveiling the mechanisms in colonic epithelial cells

scientific article published on 11 December 2012

Kinetics and thermodynamics of lipid amphiphile exchange between lipoproteins and albumin in serum.

scientific article published on October 2004

Lipid peroxidation and its inhibition in low density lipoproteins: Quenching of cis-parinaric acid fluorescence

scientific article published on 01 August 1992

Lipid peroxidation in sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes: effect on functional and biophysical properties.

scientific article published in March 1993

Luteolin suppresses the JAK/STAT pathway in a cellular model of intestinal inflammation

scientific article published on 9 January 2017

Malvidin-3-glucoside protects endothelial cells up-regulating endothelial NO synthase and inhibiting peroxynitrite-induced NF-kB activation

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Mechanisms of the deleterious effects of tamoxifen on mitochondrial respiration rate and phosphorylation efficiency

scientific article published in November 2001

Mitochondrial permeability transition induced by the anticancer drug etoposide

scientific article published in August 2001

Modulation of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium pump activity by membrane fluidity

scientific article published on September 25, 1984

Nitric oxide and DOPAC-induced cell death: from GSH depletion to mitochondrial energy crisis

article by Carla Nunes et al published September 2011 in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Photoactivation of phthalocyanine-loaded low density lipoproteins induces a local oxidative stress that propagates to human erythrocytes: protection by caffeic acid

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Protection of tamoxifen against oxidation of mitochondrial thiols and NAD(P)H underlying the permeability transition induced by prooxidants

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Protective effect of diphenyl diselenide against peroxynitrite-mediated endothelial cell death: a comparison with ebselen.

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Protective role of malvidin-3-glucoside on peroxynitrite-induced damage in endothelial cells by counteracting reactive species formation and apoptotic mitochondrial pathway

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Reactivity of dietary phenolic acids with peroxyl radicals: Antioxidant activity upon low density lipoprotein peroxidation

scientific article published on 01 August 1994

Red wine polyphenol extract efficiently protects intestinal epithelial cells from inflammation opposite modulation of JAK/STAT and Nrf2 pathways

scientific article published on 05 October 2015

Reduction of ferrylmyoglobin by dietary phenolic acid derivatives of cinnamic acid

scientific article published in September 1995

Resveratrol affords protection against peroxynitrite-mediated endothelial cell death: A role for intracellular glutathione.

scientific article published on 28 September 2006

Resveratrol disrupts peroxynitrite-triggered mitochondrial apoptotic pathway: a role for Bcl-2.

scientific article published in August 2008

Resveratrol inhibits the mTOR mitogenic signaling evoked by oxidized LDL in smooth muscle cells.

scientific article published on 24 November 2008

Resveratrol modulates cytokine-induced Jak/STAT activation more efficiently than 5-aminosalicylic acid: an in vitro approach

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Simultaneous production of superoxide radical and singlet oxygen by sulphonated chloroaluminum phthalocyanine incorporated in human low-density lipoproteins: implications for photodynamic therapy

scientific article published in September 2004

Synergistic inhibition of respiration in brain mitochondria by nitric oxide and dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC). Implications for Parkinson's disease

scientific article published in August 2005

Tamoxifen and hydroxytamoxifen as intramembraneous inhibitors of lipid peroxidation. Evidence for peroxyl radical scavenging activity

scientific article published on 01 June 1994

The active metabolite hydroxytamoxifen of the anticancer drug tamoxifen induces structural changes in membranes

scientific article published on 01 December 1993

The anticancer drug tamoxifen induces changes in the physical properties of model and native membranes

scientific article published on 01 August 1993

The apoprotein is the preferential target for peroxynitrite-induced LDL damage protection by dietary phenolic acids.

scientific article published in May 2002

The effect of the anticancer drugs tamoxifen and hydroxytamoxifen on the calcium pump of isolated sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles

scientific article published in October 1996

The interaction of resveratrol with ferrylmyoglobin and peroxynitrite; protection against LDL oxidation.

scientific article published in June 2002

Thiol protecting agents and antioxidants inhibit the mitochondrial permeability transition promoted by etoposide: implications in the prevention of etoposide-induced apoptosis

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Two Related Phenolic Antioxidants with Opposite Effects on Vitamin E Content in Low Density Lipoproteins Oxidized by Ferrylmyoglobin: Consumption vs Regeneration

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

Use of model micro-organism to study cytostatics-membrane interactions

scientific article published on 01 August 1994