She is Integrated Member of Associated Laboratory REQUIMTE/LAQV. Her research has been focused on the development and application of chemical and instrumental methods to study natural matrices, and on the chemical and pharmacological characterization of natural and hemi-synthetic bioactive compounds in a context of drug discovery, for cancer, diabetes, inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. Her expertise is evidenced in more than 30 book chapters and more than 360 articles published in international peer-reviewed journals (h-index = 60).