Nutritional Quality
Technology and Innovation
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Current members |
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| Carla Brites | Researcher |
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Collaborators |
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| Pedro Sampaio | Researcher |
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Current Projects |
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2021 – 2023 | Support Facility for the Innovation & Knowledge exchange of EIP-AGRI network (AGRI-2021-0179)
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Past Projects |
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| 2019 - 2020 | EIT-Food Consumer Engagement Labs (Subcontracting of KAVA number 19153) Project coordinator: Krzysztof Klincewicz, Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw | |
| 2017-2020 | GO QUALIMILHO- Novas estratégias de integração sustentáveis que garantam a qualidade e segurança na fileira do milho nacional (PDR2020 nº 101-031295). Project Coordinator: Tiago Pinto, ANPROMIS – Associação Nacional dos Prod. De Milho e Sorgo | |
| 2017-2019 | ArrozBIG - Desenvolvimento de produtos de arroz com baixo índice de glicémia (COMPETE 2020 nº 017931). Project Coordinator: Ernesto Morgado SA | |
| 2016-2019 | CASA -Common Agricultural and wider Bioeconomy Research Agenda (H2020 grant nº 727486). Project Coordinator: Forschungszentrum Julich GMBH | |
| 2014-2017 | LEGATO - Legumes for the Agriculture of Tomorrow (7PQ grant nº 613551). Project Coordinator: French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment | |
| 2013-2016 | BEST-RICE-4-LIFE - Development of a comprehensive quality knowledge system for rice cultivars using image, physicochemical, chemometric and sensory tools to improve crop quality and value of utilization (RECI/AGR-TEC/0285/2012). Project Coordinator: Carla Brites |
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Main Publications |
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| 2022 | |
| CARBAS B, Soares A, Barros S, Carqueijo A, Freitas A, Silva AS, Simões D, Pinto T, de Andrade E, Brites C (2022) Evaluation of Biobased Solutions for Mycotoxin Mitigation on Stored Maize. Chem. Proc. 2022, 10, 22. doi: 10.3390/IOCAG2022-12306 | |
| GUARDIANELLI LM, Salinas MV, Brites C, Puppo MC (2022) Germination of White and Red Quinoa Seeds: Improvement of Nutritional and Functional Quality of Flours. Foods, 11, 3272. doi: 10.3390/foods11203272 | |
| OHTSUBO K, Brites CM, Rosell CM (2022) Editorial for the Special Issue, Quality Assay, Processing and Bio-Function of Rice Products. Foods 11, 1755. doi: 10.3390/foods11121755 | |
| REIS N, Castanho A, Lageiro M, Pereira C, Brites CM, Vaz-Velho M (2022) Rice Bran Stabilisation and Oil Extraction Using the Microwave-Assisted Method and Its Effects on GABA and Gamma-Oryzanol Compounds. Foods,11(7). doi: 10.3390/foods11070912 | |
| SANTOS AR, Carreiró F, Freitas A, Barros S, Brites C, Ramos F, Sanches Silva A (2022) Mycotoxins Contamination in Rice: Analytical Methods, Occurrence and Detoxification Strategies. Toxins,14(9). doi: 10.3390/toxins14090647 | |
| Sampaio PN, Calado C (2022) Antimicrobial evaluation of the Cynara cardunculus extract in Helicobacter pylori cells using mid-infrared spectroscopy and chemometric methods. Journal of Applied Microbiology, June 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.15679 | |
| 2021 | |
| SAMPAIO PS, Almeida AS, Brites CM (2021) Use of Artificial Neural Network Model for Rice Quality Prediction Based on Grain Physical Parameters. Foods, 10(12), p.3016. DOI: 10.3390/foods10123016 | |
| BENTO-SILVA A, Duarte N, Belo M, Mecha E, Carbas B, Brites C, Vaz Patto MC, Bronze MR (2021) Shedding Light on the Volatile Composition of Broa, a Traditional Portuguese Maize Bread. Biomolecules, 11(10), p.1396. DOI: 10.3390/biom11101396 | |
| CARBAS B, Machado N, Pathania S, Brites C, Rosa EA, Barros AI (2021) Potential of Legumes: Nutritional Value, Bioactive Properties, Innovative Food Products, and Application of Eco-friendly Tools for Their Assessment. Food Reviews International, pp.1-29. DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2021.1901292 | |
| CARBAS B, Simões D, Soares A, Freitas A, Ferreira B, Carvalho AR, Silva AS, Pinto T, Diogo E, Andrade E, Brites C (2021) Occurrence of Fusarium spp. in Maize Grain Harvested in Portugal and Accumulation of Related Mycotoxins during Storage. Foods, 10(2), p.375. DOI: 10.3390/foods10020375 | |
| MECHA E, Natalello S, Carbas B, da Silva AB, Leitão ST, Brites C, Veloso MM, Rubiales D, Costa J, Cabral MDF, Figueira ME (2021) Disclosing the Nutritional Quality Diversity of Portuguese Common Beans—The Missing Link for Their Effective Use in Protein Quality Breeding Programs. Agronomy, 11(2), p.221. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11020221 | |
| Other Selected Publications | |
| SAMPAIO PS, Castanho A, Almeida AS, Oliveira J, Brites C (2020) Identification of rice flour types with near-infrared spectroscopy associated with PLS-DA and SVM methods. Eur Food Res Technol. 246, 527–537. DOI: 10.1007/s00217-019-03419-5 | |
| LAGEIRO MM, Castanho A, Pereira C, Calhelha RC, Ferreira ICFR, Brites C (2020) Assessment of gamma oryzanol variability, an attractive rice bran bioactive compound. Emir. J. Food Agric. 32(1), 38-46. DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.2020.v32.i1.2056 | |
| CARBAS B, Machado N, Oppolzer D, Ferreira L, Queiroz M, Brites C, Rosa EAS, Barros AIRNA (2020) Nutrients, antinutrients, phenolic composition and antioxidant activity of common bean cultivars and their potential for food applications. Antioxidants 9(2), 186. DOI: 10.3390/antiox9020186 | |
| CARBAS B, Machado N, Oppolzer D, Queiroz M, Brites C, Rosa EAS, Barros AIRNA (2020) Prediction of phytochemical composition, in vitro antioxidant activity and individual phenolic compounds of common beans using MIR and NIR spectroscopy. Food Bioprocess Technology 13(6), 962-977. DOI: 10.1007/s11947-020-02457-2 | |
| CARBAS B, Machado N, Oppolzer D, Ferreira L, Brites C, Rosa EAS, Barros AIRNA (2020) Comparison of near-infrared (NIR) and mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy for the determination of nutritional and antinutritional parameters in common beans. Food Chem. 306:125509. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125509 | |
| ALVES ML, Bento-Silva A, Carbas B, Gaspar D, Paulo M, Brites C, Mendes-Moreira P, Brites CM, Bronze MR, Malosetti M, Eeuwijk F, Patto MCV (2020) Alleles to Enhance Antioxidant Content in Maize-A Genome-Wide Association Approach. J Agric Food Chem. 68(13):4051-4061. DOI:10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07190 | |
| ALVES ML, Carbas B, Gaspar D, Paulo M, Brites C, Mendes-Moreira P, Brites CM, Malosetti M, van Eeuwijk F, Vaz Patto MC (2019) Genome-wide association study for kernel composition and flour pasting behavior in wholemeal maize flour. BMC Plant Biol. 19(1):123 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1729-7 | |
| CASTANHO A, Lageiro M, Calhelha RC, Ferreira ICFR, Sokovic M, Cunha LM, Brites C (2019) Exploiting the bioactive properties of γ-oryzanol from bran of different exotic rice varieties. Food Funct. 10, 2382-2389. DOI: 10.1039/C8FO02596G | |
| SANTOS CS, Carbas B, Castanho A, Vasconcelos MW, Vaz Patto MC, Domoney C, Brites C (2019) Variation in Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Seed Quality Traits Defined by Physicochemical Functional Properties. Foods. 8(11):570-570. DOI: 10.3390/foods8110570 | |
| MECHA E, Leitão ST, Carbas B, Serra AT, Moreira PM, Veloso MM, Gomes R, Figueira ME, Brites C, Vaz Patto MC, Bronze MR (2019) Characterization of Soaking Process’ Impact in Common Beans Phenolic Composition: Contribute from the Unexplored Portuguese Germplasm. Foods. 8(8):296. DOI: 10.3390/foods8080296 | |
| CUNHA LM, Fonseca SC, Lima RC, Loureiro J, Pinto AS, Vaz Patto MC, Brites C (2019) Consumer-Driven Improvement of Maize Bread Formulations with Legume Fortification. Foods. 8(7):235. DOI: 10.3390/foods8070235 | |
| CARBAS B, Salinas MV, Serrano C, Passarinho JÁ, Puppo MC, Ricardo CP, Brites C (2019) Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of commercial flours from Ceratonia siliqua and Prosopis spp. Food Measurement and Characterization. 2019; 13, 305–311. DOI: 10.1007/s11694-018-9945-7 | |
| FREITAS A, Barros S, Brites C, Barbosa J, Silva AS (2019) Validation of a Biochip Chemiluminescent Immunoassay for Multi-Mycotoxins Screening in Maize (Zea mays L.). Food Anal. Methods. 12, 2675–2684. DOI: 10.1007/s12161-019-01625-1 | |
| SANCHES-SILVA A, Brites C, Vila Pouca AS, Barbosa J, Freitas A (2019) UHPLC-ToF-MS method for determination of multi-mycotoxins in maize: development and validation. Current Research in Food Science.1, 1-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.crfs.2019.07.001 | |
| MARQUES V, Cunha B, Couto A, Sampaio P, Fonseca LP, Aleixo S, Calado CRC (2019) Characterization of gastric cells infection by diverse Helicobacter pylori strains through Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular & Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 210:193-202. DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.11.001. | |
| ORTIZ-ROMERO C, Almeida AS, Pathania S, Silva C, Oliveira J, Brites C (2018) Rice Plant Pattern As Predictor of the Milling and Cooking Quality in Breeding Programs. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture. 30 (6), 463-481. DOI:10.9755/ejfa.2018.v30.i6.1727 | |
| SANTOS CS, Carbas B, Castanho A, Bronze MR, Serrano C, Vasconcelos MW, Patto MCV, Brites C (2018) Relationship between seed traits and pasting and cooking behaviour in a pulse germplasm collection. Crop and Pasture Science. 69, 892-903. DOI: 10.1071/CP18205 | |
| SAMPAIO PS, Soares A, Castanho A, Almeida AS, Oliveira J, Brites C (2018) Optimization of rice amylose determination by NIR-spectroscopy using PLS chemometrics algorithms. Food Chemistry. 242, 196-204. DOI:10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.09.058 | |
| CARBAS B, Pathania S, Castanho A, Lourenço D, Veiga IM, Patto MCV, Brites C (2018) Elucidating potential utilization of Portuguese common bean varieties in rice based processed foods. J Food Sci Technol. 55:1056. DOI:10.1007/s13197-017-3019-4 | |
| SAMPAIO P, Soares A, Castanho A, Almeida AS, Oliveira J, Brites C (2017) Dataset of Near-infrared spectroscopy measurement for amylose determination using PLS algorithms. Data in Brief. 15, 389-396. DOI:10.1016/j.dib.2017.09.077 | |
| FERREIRA A, Oliveira J, Pathania S, Almeida AS, Brites C (2017) Rice quality profiling to classify germplasm in breeding programs. J. Cereal Science. 76, 17–27. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2017.05.007 | |
| SERRANO C, Carbas B, Castanho A, Soares A, Patto MCV, Brites C (2017) Characterisation of nutritional quality traits of a chickpea (Cicer arietinum) germplasm collection exploited in chickpea breeding in Europe. Crop and Pasture Science. 68 (10-11):1031-1040. DOI:10.1071/CP17129 | |
| CORREA MJ, Salinas MV, Carbas B, Ferrero C, Brites C, Puppo MC (2017) Technological quality of dough and breads from commercial algarroba–wheat flour blends. J Food Sci Technol. 54 (7), 2104–2114. DOI:10.1007/s13197-017-2650-4 | |
| ALVES ML, Belo M, Carbas B, Brites C, Paulo M, Mendes-Moreira P, Brites C, Bronze MR, Šatović Z, Patto MCV (2017) Long-term on-farm participatory maize breeding by stratified mass selection retains molecular diversity while improving agronomic performance. Evol Appl. 00:1–17. DOI:10.1111/eva.12549 | |
| ALVES ML, Brites C, Paulo M, Carbas B, Belo M, Mendes-Moreira P, Brites C, Bronze MR, Gunjaca J, Šatović Z, Patto MCV (2017) Setting up decision-making tools towards a quality-oriented participatory maize breeding program. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 8, 2203. DOI:10.3389/fpls.2017.02203 | |
| SAMPAIO PN, Calado CRC (2017) Comparative analysis of different transformed Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains based on high-throughput Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Biotechnology. 260: 1–10. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.08.020 | |
| SAMPAIO PN, Sales KK, Rosa F, Lopes MB, Calado CRC (2017) High-throughput FTIR-based bioprocess analysis of recombinant cyprosin production. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 44:49-61. DOI: 10.1007/s10295-016-1865-0. | |
| SALES KK, Rosa F, Cunha, BR, Sampaio PN, Lopes MB, Calado CRC (2017) Metabolic profiling of recombinant Escherichia coli cultivations based on high-throughput FT-MIR spectroscopic analysis. Biotechnology Progress. 33(2):285-298. DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2378 | |
