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Karen de Jesus Nicacio

Professor - Department of chemistry · Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso

https://researchid.co/kasdejus
@ufmt.br
536Google Scholar Citations
12Google Scholar h-index
14Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Natural products, metabolomic, chemistry, anti-inflammatory

Biography

Karen de Jesus Nicácio has graduation at Química from Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (2006-2010), master's at Chemistry from Universidade de São Paulo (2010-2012) and doctorate at Chemistry from Universidade de São Paulo (2013-2017) focused on Marine Natural Products Chemistry. The master's and doctorate were carried out with funding from a CAPES scholarship, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Roberto Gomes de Souza Berlinck. After her doctorate, she worked on the Cristália Produtos Químicos e Farmacêuticos group in partnership with the University of São Paulo and worked as a substitute professor at the Federal Institute of São Paulo. Worked as a substitute professor and post-doc researcher at Unifal-MG, under the supervision of Professor Daniela Aparecida Chagas Paula. Currently, she acts as a professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso - UFMT, Cuiabá campus

Education

PhD in organic and biological chemistry

Recent Google Scholar Publications

  1. The Metabolome of the Ocotea spp.: From Biosynthetic Aspects to Bioactive Chemical Scaffolds by Integrating the Genus Chemical Database ( Ocotea DB)
    Journal of Natural Products , 2026, 2026
  2. Phytotoxic Metabolites from Hyptis Species: Chemical Profiling and Bioherbicide Activity Against Amaranthus
    ACS omega 10 (42), 50359-50370 , 2025, 2025
  3. NMR Analysis and Assignment of a Biosynthesis Gene Cluster for Trichokonins VI and VIII, Antiplasmodial Large Peptaibols Produced by a Trichoderma sp. Fungus
    ACS omega 10 (41), 48293-48307 , 2025, 2025
  4. Metabolomics of Trichoderma spirale by Mass Spectrometry Data Dereplication
    Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 1-7 , 2025, 2025
  5. Metabolomics and dereplication strategies for the study of bioactive metabolites derived from plants and fungi
    Fitoterapia, 106375 , 2025, 2025

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