Marisa Freitas
University of Porto, Portugal
Biography
Marisa Freitas currently is Research Assistant at the Department of Chemical Sciences of Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, and member of the Free Radical and Antioxidants Unit of this Department. She has built her scientific career on the evaluation of the antioxidant an anti-inflammatory activities of various natural and synthetic compounds, namely flavonoids. Her expertise on the anti-inflammatory effects of flavonoids have evolved to new horizons related the evaluation of flavonoids as interesting new anti-diabetic agents
Abstract
Abstract : Prediction of anti-diabetic activity of flavonoids targeting α-glucosidase