Carla Moutinho

TL;DR: An ethnopharmacological study carried out in two councils belonging to Trás-os-Montes region a small area located in the northern of Portugal, finding that medicinal plants, most of the species wild, are still in use among farmers, shepherds and other people who live far from villages and built-up areas.

TL;DR: This review discusses and analyses several (potential) alternative strategies to current chemical antibiotics and identifies bacteriophage (or phage) therapy as an alternative, or a complement, in the antimicrobial treatment of bacterial infections.

TL;DR: An evaluation of the conceptual bases of different methodologies commonly used for cmc determination is made, since variations in the results obtained can be related mainly to different intrinsic features of the methods used (such as sensitivity or the need to include tracers or probes) or to the operational cmc definition applied.

TL;DR: Production of lactoferrin derivatives (starting from a purified commercial extract), encompassing full stabilization of its three-dimensional structure, has been attempted via nanoencapsulation within lipid nanovesicles, integrating a multiple water-in-oil- in-water emulsion, proving the effectiveness of the encapsulation procedure.

TL;DR: The main effects of trace elements in human health, namely iron, zinc, copper, manganese and fluorine are reviewed, focusing on the physiopathology and consequences of lack or excess of these elements.