Dr. Iramaia Angelica Neri-Numa has completed her PhD in Food Science at the University of Campinas. Currently, she is a researcher at the Laboratory of Bioflavor and Bioactive Compounds at the University of Campinas. She involved in activities related to the bioprospection of secondary metabolites belonging to the Brazilian biodiversity of fruits as well as the biological role of the phenolic compounds, carotenoids, iridoids and prebiotics. She is a member of the project COBRA: A ?novel compound discovery pipeline? for rapid and cost-effective identification of bioactives with health benefits from Brazilian crops, being conducted in a strong internacional cooperation with the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), the Univeristy of Copenhagen (UoC), the Technical University of Denmark and the Ultrapan (Brazil). She also has some relevant works published in reputed journals and book chapters.
I´m graduated in Biological Sciences from Hermínio Ometto Foundation (UNIARARAS) and I have M.D. degree in Internal Medicine with specialization in Basic Scienses. Currently, I´m a doctoral student in Food Science in Food Engineering School (UNICAMP). My interests are to develop the bioprospection of bioactive compounds derived from fruit of Brazilian biodersity (Rain Forest and Amazon Biomes), using tests to assess the antioxidant capacity, cytotoxicity, antitumor, genotoxicity and toxicity in vitro and in vivo assays.
