Ana Fortuna

Professor Auxiliar

AF

Integrated Member

afortuna@ff.uc.pt

Biografia

Background

  • PharmD Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacology)

Scientific interests | skills

- Development, validation and employment of in vitro techniques to:

• estimate drugs permeability through intestinal mucosa and blood-brain barrier,

• estimate drugs plasma protein binding,

• identify substrates of efflux transporters (e.g. P-glycoprotein, breast cancer receptor protein);

• characterize the metabolism of new chemical entities.

- Investigation of intranasal administration potential to delivery drugs into the brain or bloodstream in comparison to the most common routes (oral, IV, IP).

- Development and full validation of bioanalytical methodologies to quantify drugs and metabolites in biological samples by HPLC.

- Pharmacokinetic monitoring of antiepileptic drugs and personalized pharmacotherapy.

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