QOPNA/ LAQV-REQUIMTE

The main QOPNA Research Unit areas are: Molecular Synthesis, Chemistry4Ohmics and Food Quality and Technology. Our Researchers pursue the objectives of their own areas and also work together in common areas of interest, mainly centred in the structural characterization of natural products. We collaborate with several Portuguese and Foreigner research groups, and we want to expand this collaborative approach with a focus on interdisciplinary studies and on potential applications for the new products. Our mission: Development of scientific and technological knowledge in the discovery, preparation and transformation of naturally related bioactive compounds and materials in the sustainable way. Our vision: to become a leading inter-disciplinary European Research Laboratory studying bioactive compounds, through organic synthesis and isolation from natural sources and further application like as health promoting materials and/or as functional foods; We want to contribute to: - The development of a scientific culture at the national level; - Educating students to high levels of scientific literacy; - Stimulating innovation within the industrial sector; - Promoting the science through divulgation. Keywords: Organic synthesis, tetrapyrrolic macrocycles, nitrogen and oxygen heterocycles, catalysis, organocatalysis, polyoxometalates, metalloporphyrins, food chemistry, biochemistry, biopolymers, biomaterials, high pressure, mass spectrometry, biomarkers, chemometric tools, lipidomics, proteomics, health beneficts, Molecular Synthesis, Chemistry4Ohmics, Food Quality and Technology.