Carla Varela

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Carla Varela is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Toxicology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carla Varela has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Toxicology. Recurrent topics in Carla Varela's work include Estrogen and related hormone effects (17 papers), Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents (12 papers) and Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects (6 papers). Carla Varela is often cited by papers focused on Estrogen and related hormone effects (17 papers), Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents (12 papers) and Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects (6 papers). Carla Varela collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Italy and United States. Carla Varela's co-authors include E. J. Tavares da Silva, Fernanda M.F. Roleira, Saúl C. Costa, Fernanda Borges, Jorge Garrido, Tiago Silva, Natércia Teixeira, Cristina Amaral, Georgina Correia‐da‐Silva and Rui A. Carvalho and has published in prestigious journals such as Food Chemistry, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecules.

In The Last Decade

Carla Varela

42 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Plant derived and dietary phenolic antioxidants: Anticancer properties

2015 343 citations Fernanda M.F. Roleira, E. J. Tavares da Silva et al. Food Chemistry profile →

Peers

Carla Varela

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BIOCH

E. J. Tavares da Silva Portugal

Saúl C. Costa Portugal

Débora B. Vendramini‐Costa Brazil

Manicka V. Vadhanam United States

Muhammad Saeed Pakistan

José Manuel Calderón‐Montaño Spain

José Roberto Santin Brazil

Ketan C. Ruparelia United Kingdom

Toyonobu Usuki Japan

Fahd A. Nasr Saudi Arabia

E. J. Tavares da Silva Portugal

Carla Varela

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239 ×1.1

BIOCH

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Citations per year, relative to Carla Varela Carla Varela (= 1×) peers E. J. Tavares da Silva

Countries citing papers authored by Carla Varela

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carla Varela

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carla Varela

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carla Varela. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carla Varela based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Carla Varela. Carla Varela is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Amorim, Ricardo, Carla Varela, Vilma A. Sardão, et al.. (2025). Chemical Characterization and Differential Lipid-Modulating Effects of Selected Plant Extracts from Côa Valley (Portugal) in a Cell Model for Liver Steatosis. Pharmaceuticals. 18(1). 39–39. 1 indexed citations

Amorim, Ricardo, Carla Varela, María Inês Días, et al.. (2025). Mechanistic insights into Equisetum ramosissimum-mediated protection against palmitic acid-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in a cell model for liver steatosis. Food Bioscience. 72. 107483–107483.

Amaral, Cristina, Maria João Valente, Carla Varela, et al.. (2025). New Promising Steroidal Aromatase Inhibitors with Multi-Target Action on Estrogen and Androgen Receptors for Breast Cancer Treatment. Cancers. 17(2). 165–165. 2 indexed citations

Goya, Stephanie, et al.. (2025). Phylodynamics of human metapneumovirus and evidence for a duplication-deletion model in G gene variant evolution. Journal of Clinical Virology. 180. 105848–105848. 1 indexed citations

Silva, E. J. Tavares da, Saúl C. Costa, Carla Varela, et al.. (2024). Steroidal epoxides as anticancer agents in lung, prostate and breast cancers: The case of 1,2-epoxysteroids. Biochemical Pharmacology. 225. 116266–116266. 2 indexed citations

Varela, Carla, et al.. (2023). Nanotechnology-Based Topical Delivery of Natural Products for the Management of Atopic Dermatitis. Pharmaceutics. 15(6). 1724–1724. 14 indexed citations

Varela, Carla, et al.. (2023). Exploring Iberian Peninsula Lamiaceae as Potential Therapeutic Approaches in Wound Healing. Pharmaceuticals. 16(3). 347–347. 11 indexed citations

Amaral, Cristina, Georgina Correia‐da‐Silva, Maria João Valente, et al.. (2023). An Exemestane Derivative, Oxymestane-D1, as a New Multi-Target Steroidal Aromatase Inhibitor for Estrogen Receptor-Positive (ER+) Breast Cancer: Effects on Sensitive and Resistant Cell Lines. Molecules. 28(2). 789–789. 10 indexed citations

Varela, Carla, et al.. (2022). Cucurbitacins as potential anticancer agents: new insights on molecular mechanisms. Journal of Translational Medicine. 20(1). 630–630. 32 indexed citations

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Pires, Ana Salomé, Carla Varela, Inês A. Marques, et al.. (2021). Oxymestane, a cytostatic steroid derivative of exemestane with greater antitumor activity in non-estrogen-dependent cell lines. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 212. 105950–105950. 6 indexed citations

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Domingues, Cátia, Ivana Jarak, Carla Varela, et al.. (2020). Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Nanomicellar System Pluronic-PEI Suitable for Gene and Drug Co-Delivery in Cancer Therapy. MDPI (MDPI AG). 36–36. 1 indexed citations

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Varela, Carla, et al.. (2020). Epoxide containing molecules: A good or a bad drug design approach. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 201. 112327–112327. 67 indexed citations

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Jarak, Ivana, Carla Varela, E. J. Tavares da Silva, et al.. (2020). Pluronic-based nanovehicles: Recent advances in anticancer therapeutic applications. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 206. 112526–112526. 61 indexed citations

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Ribeiro, Daniela, Carina Proença, Carla Varela, et al.. (2019). New phenolic cinnamic acid derivatives as selective COX-2 inhibitors. Design, synthesis, biological activity and structure-activity relationships. Bioorganic Chemistry. 91. 103179–103179. 38 indexed citations

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Amaral, Cristina, Carla Varela, Saúl C. Costa, et al.. (2017). Anti-tumor efficacy of new 7α-substituted androstanes as aromatase inhibitors in hormone-sensitive and resistant breast cancer cells. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 171. 218–228. 31 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Cláudia, Francisco Veiga, Carla Varela, et al.. (2016). Characterization of polymeric nanoparticles for intravenous delivery: Focus on stability. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 150. 326–333. 19 indexed citations

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Silva, E. J. Tavares da, Carla Varela, Ana Salomé Pires, et al.. (2016). Combined dual effect of modulation of human neutrophils’ oxidative burst and inhibition of colon cancer cells proliferation by hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 24(16). 3556–3564. 23 indexed citations

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Roleira, Fernanda M.F., E. J. Tavares da Silva, Carla Varela, et al.. (2015). Plant derived and dietary phenolic antioxidants: Anticancer properties. Food Chemistry. 183. 235–258. 343 indexed citations breakdown →

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Matos, María João, Carla Varela, Santiago Vilar, et al.. (2015). Design and discovery of tyrosinase inhibitors based on a coumarin scaffold. RSC Advances. 5(114). 94227–94235. 52 indexed citations

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Amaral, Cristina, Carla Varela, Margarida Borges, et al.. (2013). Steroidal aromatase inhibitors inhibit growth of hormone-dependent breast cancer cells by inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. APOPTOSIS. 18(11). 1426–1436. 26 indexed citations

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