Graduated in Nutrition from the University of Brasília (2013) and Master in Human Nutrition from the University of Brasília (2015) with supervised internship at Embrapa Cerrados and the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA - France). Currently a Post-doc Researcher at the Department of Food and Experimental Nutrition (University of Sao Paulo) with a supervised internship at the University of California, Davis (USA).Line of research is on the effect of bioactive compounds present in Brazilian native fruits on Human Health and Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention - in partnership with Embrapa Cerrados, Laboratory of Cellular Immunology (FM/UnB), INRA (France) and University of California, Davis (USA).Also a researcher and member of the Passitec Network (Embrapa Cerrados), a network that develops research that encompasses species of Brazilian biodiversity, with the purpose of generating cultivation alternatives for agroecological production systems and products with beneficial properties for health characterized for the consumer. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The insertion of native species of fruits into the market may enhance the socioeconomic development of the region, besides the valorization of the Brazilian biodiversity. The passion fruit is rich in bioactive compounds that have been associated with a reduced incidence of the Obesity-associated comorbidities. Our research group demonstrated that Passiflora tenuifila, a native passion fru…
The insertion of fruits from native species in the market can enhance the socio-economic development of the region, in addition to valuing Brazilian biodiversity. Native passion fruit is rich in bioactive compounds associated with reducing the incidence of obesity-associated comorbidities. Our research group demonstrated that fruits of P. tenuifila, passion fruit native to the Brazilian C…
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