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Cristina Ventura

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Rodrigues J, Ventura C, Abreu M, Santos C, Monte J, Machado J, et al.
Healthcare (Basel) . 2024 Jan; 12(1). PMID: 38200908
Introduction: Electro-acupuncture, an innovative adaptation of traditional acupuncture, combines electrical stimulation with acupuncture needles to enhance therapeutic effects. While acupuncture is widely used, its biological mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Recent...
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Rodrigues J, Santos C, Ventura C, Machado J
Healthcare (Basel) . 2022 Oct; 10(10). PMID: 36292291
Mandatory lockdown resulting from a pandemic may be effective against the physical impact of the virus; however, the resulting mental strains can lead to the development of several mental disturbances....
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Teixeira C, Ventura C, Gomes J, Gomes P, Martins F
Molecules . 2020 Jan; 25(3). PMID: 31973244
Tuberculosis, caused by (), remains one of the top ten causes of death worldwide and the main cause of mortality from a single infectious agent. The upsurge of multi- and...
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Teixeira V, Ventura C, Leitao R, Rafols C, Bosch E, Martins F, et al.
Mol Pharm . 2015 Jan; 12(3):898-909. PMID: 25590860
Isoniazid (INH) is still one of the two most effective antitubercular drugs and is included in all recommended multitherapeutic regimens. Because of the increasing resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to INH,...
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Martins F, Santos S, Ventura C, Elvas-Leitao R, Santos L, Vitorino S, et al.
Eur J Med Chem . 2014 May; 81:119-38. PMID: 24836065
The disturbing emergence of multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has been driving the scientific community to urgently search for new and efficient antitubercular drugs. Despite the various drugs currently...
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Ventura C, Latino D, Martins F
Eur J Med Chem . 2013 Nov; 70:831-45. PMID: 24246731
The performance of two QSAR methodologies, namely Multiple Linear Regressions (MLR) and Neural Networks (NN), towards the modeling and prediction of antitubercular activity was evaluated and compared. A data set...
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Martins F, Ventura C, Santos S, Viveiros M
Curr Pharm Des . 2013 Nov; 20(27):4427-54. PMID: 24245762
Tuberculosis (TB) is the second cause of death from a single infectious agent, the M. tuberculosis bacillus. Nearly two billion people are infected and about 8.7 million new cases and...
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Saraiva L, Santos C, Ventura C, Sobral M, Barbosa B, Parente G, et al.
Arq Bras Cardiol . 2013 Sep; 101(3):e61-64. PMID: 24061760
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Nunes N, Ventura C, Martins F, Leitao R
J Phys Chem B . 2009 Aug; 113(10):3071-9. PMID: 19708265
The theoretical solvent exchange model of Bosch and Rosés for binary solvents was extended to ternary solvent mixtures. The model was applied to ENT values for the mixture methanol/1-propanol/acetonitrile, in...
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Ventura C, Martins F
J Med Chem . 2008 Jan; 51(3):612-24. PMID: 18176999
A QSAR/QSPR methodology was used to analyze a set of 173 hydrazides, a great part of which are isoniazid (INH) derivatives. Nineteen molecular descriptors of various types (physicochemical, steric, geometrical,...