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Fernando Rocha

Professor of Mineral Resources, Aveiro University
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Microencapsulation with chitosan by spray drying for industry applications–A review

BN Estevinho, F Rocha, L Santos, A Alves - Trends in food science & …, 2013 - Elsevier
This work reviews the relevant information about the possibility of producing microparticles
with chitosan, by a spray drying process, for industrial applications. The applicability and the …

Mineralogical transformations of calcareous rich clays with firing: A comparative study between calcite and dolomite rich clays from Algarve, Portugal

MJ Trindade, MI Dias, J Coroado, F Rocha - Applied Clay Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Mineralogical transformations during firing of two extremely calcareous clays, one calcite
and other dolomite rich, and relatively poor in silica were studied. Original clays were …

Anabolic steroids induce cardiac renin-angiotensin system and impair the beneficial effects of aerobic training in rats

FL Rocha, EC Carmo, FR Roque… - American Journal …, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
We evaluated the effects of swimming and anabolic steroids (AS) on ventricular function,
collagen synthesis, and the local renin-angiotensin system in rats. Male Wistar rats were …

Encapsulation in food industry with emerging electrohydrodynamic techniques: Electrospinning and electrospraying–A review

SC Coelho, BN Estevinho, F Rocha - Food Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays the world population has been more conscious about healthy food products based
on bioactive ingredients in order to protect against diseases and to develop healthy diets. …

Preparation and incorporation of functional ingredients in edible films and coatings

AM Ribeiro, BN Estevinho, F Rocha - Food and Bioprocess Technology, 2021 - Springer
Edible films and coatings are thin layers, with a thickness of generally less than 0.3 mm, that
are used for centuries to protect food products and to avoid the deterioration of their …

Microencapsulation of vitamin A: A review

A Gonçalves, BN Estevinho, F Rocha - Trends in Food Science & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Vitamin A deficiency is recognized as a public health problem in a large number
of countries. It mainly affects young children and pregnant women in low-income countries …

Soluble vitamins (vitamin B12 and vitamin C) microencapsulated with different biopolymers by a spray drying process

BN Estevinho, I Carlan, A Blaga, F Rocha - Powder Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Vitamins are important micronutritional compounds which are involved in many biochemical
functions in the human body but are not synthesized by it; so, they have to be supplied …

Microencapsulation of Vitamin A by spray-drying, using binary and ternary blends of gum arabic, starch and maltodextrin

AM Ribeiro, M Shahgol, BN Estevinho, F Rocha - Food Hydrocolloids, 2020 - Elsevier
Vitamin A is a bioactive compound responsible for many biological functions being, for that
reason, extremely beneficial for the human organism. However, its sensitivity to certain …

A multiproxy approach of the Holocene evolution of shelf–slope circulation on the NW Iberian Continental Shelf

…, O Weber, EF da Silva, C Patinha, JMA Dias, F Rocha - Marine Geology, 2007 - Elsevier
Textural, mineralogical, geochemical and microfaunal data (benthic foraminifera) were studied
along the OMEX core KSGX 40 recovered in the Galicia Mud Deposit, of the NW Iberian …

Effect of bentonite characteristics on the elemental composition of wine

…, M Madeira, F Monteiro, F Rocha… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Physical, chemical, and mineralogical characteristics of six bentonites were assessed and
related to their elemental release to wine. Extraction essays of bentonites in wine at three pH …