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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro João Neves Miranda de Castro

Citation names

  • Castro, Pedro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5112-6B99-DC1F
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7164-8005
Education
Degree Classification
2014
Concluded
 Biotecnologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Área de especialidade: Ciência e Engenharia Alimentar
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
"Association of Micro and Nanocarriers with Thin Films for Buccal Delivery of Bioactive Molecules" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013
Concluded
 Ciências Farmacêuticas (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, Portugal
"Relatório de estágio II" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/07/01 - 2022/02/28 GastroCure - Extratos bioativos de soja e vegetais crucíferos para aplicação em distúrbios gastrointestinais: desenvolvimento, caracterização e libertação
PTDC/BAA-AGR/32094/2017
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina
UID/Multi/50016/2019
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/05/01 - 2019/10/31 Desenvolvimento de filmes orais contendo compostos bioativos nanoencapsulados
PTDC/BBB-NAN/3249/2014
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa Portuguesa Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal

Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Francisca Casanova; Carla F. Pereira; Alessandra B. Ribeiro; Pedro M. Castro; Ricardo Freixo; Eva Martins; Diana Tavares-Valente; et al. "Biological Potential and Bioaccessibility of Encapsulated Curcumin into Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide Modified Cellulose Nanocrystals". Pharmaceuticals (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ph16121737.
    10.3390/ph16121737
  2. Casanova, Francisca; Pereira, Carla F.; Ribeiro, Alessandra B.; Castro, Pedro M.; Freixo, Ricardo; Martins, Eva; Tavares-Valente, Diana; et al. "Biological potential and bioaccessibility of encapsulated curcumin into cetyltrimethylammonium bromide modified cellulose nanocrystals". (2023): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/43776.
    10.3390/ph16121737
  3. Pedro M. Castro; Patrícia Baptista; Giampaolo Zuccheri; Ana Raquel Madureira; Bruno Sarmento; Manuela E. Pintado. "Film-nanoparticle composite for enhanced oral delivery of alpha-casozepine". Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 181 (2019): 149-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.05.029.
    10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.05.029
  4. Luís Roque; Pedro Castro; Jesús Molpeceres; Ana S. Viana; Amílcar Roberto; Cláudia Reis; Patrícia Rijo; et al. "Bioadhesive polymeric nanoparticles as strategy to improve the treatment of yeast infections in oral cavity: in-vitro and ex-vivo studies". European Polymer Journal 104 (2018): 19-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2018.04.032.
    10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2018.04.032
  5. "Recent insights in the use of nanocarriers for the oral delivery of bioactive proteins and peptides". Peptides 101 (2018): 112-123. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196978118300020.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2018.01.002
  6. "Incorporation of beads into oral films for buccal and oral delivery of bioactive molecules". Carbohydrate Polymers 194 (2018): 411-421. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0144861718304107.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.04.032
  7. "Combination of PLGA nanoparticles with mucoadhesive guar-gum films for buccal delivery of antihypertensive peptide". International Journal of Pharmaceutics 547 1 (2018): 593-601. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378517318303612.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.05.051
  8. "Optimization of two biopolymer-based oral films for the delivery of bioactive molecules". Materials Science and Engineering: C 76 (2017): 171-180. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0928493116321567.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2017.02.173
  9. "Hydrogels containing porphyrin-loaded nanoparticles for topical photodynamic applications". International Journal of Pharmaceutics 510 1 (2016): 221-231. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378517316305130.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2016.06.037
  10. Ana Oliveira; Marta Coelho; Elisabete M.C. Alexandre; Maria Helena Gomes; Domingos P.F. Almeida; Manuela Pintado. "Effect of modified atmosphere on phytochemical profile of pasteurized peach purées". LWT - Food Science and Technology (2015): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2015.06.023.
    10.1016/j.lwt.2015.06.023
  11. "How to overcome the limitations of current insulin administration with new non-invasive delivery systems". Therapeutic Delivery (2014):
    10.4155/tde.14.82