Natalia Vaou

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 815 citations indexed

About

Natalia Vaou is a scholar working on Food Science, Plant Science and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Natalia Vaou has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 815 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Food Science, 4 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in Natalia Vaou's work include Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (5 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (4 papers) and Moringa oleifera research and applications (2 papers). Natalia Vaou is often cited by papers focused on Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (5 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (4 papers) and Moringa oleifera research and applications (2 papers). Natalia Vaou collaborates with scholars based in Greece, Switzerland and China. Natalia Vaou's co-authors include Elisavet Stavropoulou, Chrysoula Voidarou, Christina Tsigalou, Eugenia Bezirtzoglou, Georgios Rozos, Birce Mercanoğlu Taban, Athanasios Tsakris, Yiannis Kourkoutas, Arsenis Tsiotsias and Georgia Vrioni and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Sciences, Biomolecules and Pharmaceutics.

In The Last Decade

Natalia Vaou

8 papers receiving 787 citations

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Towards Advances in Medicinal Plant Antimicrobial Activity: A Review Study on Challenges and Future Perspectives

2021 579 citations Natalia Vaou, Elisavet Stavropoulou et al. Microorganisms profile →
Interactions between Medical Plant-Derived Bioactive Compounds: Focus on Antimicrobial Combination Effects

2022 187 citations Natalia Vaou, Elisavet Stavropoulou et al. Antibiotics profile →

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Natalia Vaou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Natalia Vaou 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 Natalia Vaou. Natalia Vaou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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8 of 8 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Unraveling Nature’s Pharmacy: Transforming Medicinal Plants into Modern Therapeutic Agents 2025 ·Pharmaceutics ·Natalia Vaou, Chrysoula Voidarou, (unknown), (unknown), Elisavet Stavropoulou, Georgia Vrioni, Athanasios Tsakris	2
2	Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Phytochemicals for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review 2024 ·Applied Sciences ·George M. Pantalos, Natalia Vaou, (unknown), Elisavet Stavropoulou, Christina Tsigalou, Chrysoula Voidarou, Eugenia Bezirtzoglou	5
3	Comprehensive Bio-Screening of Phytochemistry and Biological Capacity of Oregano (Origanum vulgare) and Salvia triloba Extracts against Oral Cariogenic and Food-Origin Pathogenic Bacteria 2024 ·Biomolecules ·Μαρία Αντωνιάδου, (unknown), Natalia Vaou, Konstantinos Zaralis, (unknown), Athanasios Alexopoulos, (unknown), Theodoros Varzakas, Athina Tzora, Chrysoula Voidarou	5
4	COVID-19 on the spectrum: a scoping review of hygienic standards 2023 ·Frontiers in Public Health ·Chrysoula Voidarou, Georgios Rozos, Elisavet Stavropoulou, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Natalia Vaou, Christina Tsigalou, Yiannis Kourkoutas, Eugenia Bezirtzoglou	5
5	Insights into Antimicrobial and Anti-Inflammatory Applications of Plant Bioactive Compounds 2023 ·Microorganisms ·Gregoria Mitropoulou, Elisavet Stavropoulou, Natalia Vaou, (unknown), Chrysoula Voidarou, Arsenis Tsiotsias, Christina Tsigalou, Birce Mercanoğlu Taban, Yiannis Kourkoutas, Eugenia Bezirtzoglou	18
6	Interactions between Medical Plant-Derived Bioactive Compounds: Focus on Antimicrobial Combination Effects breakdown → 2022 ·Antibiotics ·Natalia Vaou, Elisavet Stavropoulou, Chrysoula Voidarou, (unknown), Georgios Rozos, Christina Tsigalou, Eugenia Bezirtzoglou	187
7	Antimicrobial Evaluation of Various Honey Types against Carbapenemase-Producing Gram-Negative Clinical Isolates 2022 ·Antibiotics ·Elisavet Stavropoulou, Chrysoula Voidarou, Georgios Rozos, Natalia Vaou, (unknown), (unknown), Georgia Vrioni, Athanasios Tsakris	14
8	Towards Advances in Medicinal Plant Antimicrobial Activity: A Review Study on Challenges and Future Perspectives breakdown → 2021 ·Microorganisms ·Natalia Vaou, Elisavet Stavropoulou, Chrysoula Voidarou, Christina Tsigalou, Eugenia Bezirtzoglou	579

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