Saúl C. Costa

968 total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 738 citations indexed

About

Saúl C. Costa is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Saúl C. Costa has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 738 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Genetics, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Saúl C. Costa's work include Estrogen and related hormone effects (16 papers), Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents (7 papers) and Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry (6 papers). Saúl C. Costa is often cited by papers focused on Estrogen and related hormone effects (16 papers), Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents (7 papers) and Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry (6 papers). Saúl C. Costa collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Italy and Denmark. Saúl C. Costa's co-authors include E. J. Tavares da Silva, Carla Varela, Fernanda M.F. Roleira, Jorge Garrido, Fernanda Borges, Tiago Silva, Rui A. Carvalho, Catarina Marques Fernandes, Francisco Veiga and Natércia Teixeira and has published in prestigious journals such as Food Chemistry, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Annals of Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Saúl C. Costa

21 papers receiving 726 citations

Hit Papers

Plant derived and dietary phenolic antioxidants: Anticanc... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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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.

  1. 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

Saúl C. Costa
Anju Goyal India
Carla Varela Portugal
Amit Choudhari India
I. A. Selivanova Russia
Catherine Fagnère France
N. Satheeshkumar India
Monika Barbarić Croatia
Sreemanti Das India
Bahar Ahmed India
Roman P. Terekhov Russia
Anju Goyal India
Saúl C. Costa
Citations per year, relative to Saúl C. Costa Saúl C. Costa (= 1×) peers Anju Goyal

Countries citing papers authored by Saúl C. Costa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Saúl C. Costa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saúl C. Costa

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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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
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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
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Freitas, Marisa, Daniela Ribeiro, Carla Varela, et al.. (2024). Plant-derived and dietary phenolic cinnamic acid derivatives: Anti-inflammatory properties. Food Chemistry. 459. 140080–140080. 17 indexed citations
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Laranjo, Mafalda, Saúl C. Costa, Ana Margarida Abrantes, et al.. (2023). 80P Steroidal oximes: A new potential therapeutic approach for cancer treatment. Annals of Oncology. 34. S211–S211.
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Roleira, Fernanda M.F., Saúl C. Costa, Carla Varela, et al.. (2022). Design, synthesis, biological activity evaluation and structure-activity relationships of new steroidal aromatase inhibitors. The case of C-ring and 7β substituted steroids. Bioorganic Chemistry. 131. 106286–106286. 8 indexed citations
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Pires, Ana Salomé, Ana Margarida Abrantes, Ana Cristina Gonçalves, et al.. (2021). Design, synthesis, and antitumor activity evaluation of steroidal oximes. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 46. 116360–116360. 17 indexed citations
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Amaral, Cristina, Carla Varela, E. J. Tavares da Silva, et al.. (2019). Effects of new C6-substituted steroidal aromatase inhibitors in hormone-sensitive breast cancer cells: Cell death mechanisms and modulation of estrogen and androgen receptors. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 195. 105486–105486. 20 indexed citations
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Roleira, Fernanda M.F., Carla Varela, Cristina Amaral, et al.. (2019). C-6α- vs C-7α-Substituted Steroidal Aromatase Inhibitors: Which Is Better? Synthesis, Biochemical Evaluation, Docking Studies, and Structure–Activity Relationships. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 62(7). 3636–3657. 30 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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Varela, Carla, Cristina Amaral, Georgina Correia‐da‐Silva, et al.. (2016). Exploring new chemical functionalities to improve aromatase inhibition of steroids. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 24(12). 2823–2831. 16 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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Varela, Carla, Cristina Amaral, E. J. Tavares da Silva, et al.. (2014). Exemestane metabolites: Synthesis, stereochemical elucidation, biochemical activity and anti-proliferative effects in a hormone-dependent breast cancer cell line. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 87. 336–345. 35 indexed citations
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Varela, Carla, Fernanda M.F. Roleira, Saúl C. Costa, et al.. (2014). Insights into the Synthesis of Steroidal A‐Ring Olefins. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 97(1). 39–46. 4 indexed citations
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Varela, Carla, Cristina Amaral, Georgina Correia‐da‐Silva, et al.. (2013). Design, synthesis and biochemical studies of new 7α-allylandrostanes as aromatase inhibitors. Steroids. 78(7). 662–669. 22 indexed citations
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Amaral, Cristina, Carla Varela, Georgina Correia‐da‐Silva, et al.. (2013). New steroidal 17β-carboxy derivatives present anti-5α-reductase activity and anti-proliferative effects in a human androgen-responsive prostate cancer cell line. Biochimie. 95(11). 2097–2106. 11 indexed citations
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Fernandes, Catarina Marques, Rui A. Carvalho, Saúl C. Costa, & Francisco Veiga. (2003). Multimodal molecular encapsulation of nicardipine hydrochloride by β-cyclodextrin, hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin and triacetyl-β-cyclodextrin in solution. Structural studies by 1H NMR and ROESY experiments. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 18(5). 285–296. 106 indexed citations
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Melo, M. L. Sá e, et al.. (1999). Improved syntheses of aromatase inhibitors and neuroactive steroids efficient oxidations and reductions at key positions for bioactivity. Tetrahedron. 55(11). 3255–3264. 17 indexed citations
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Moreno, María, et al.. (1998). A versatile and straightforward approach to the 21-oxidation of β-substituted and α,β-unsaturated 20-oxosteroids. Tetrahedron. 54(45). 13877–13886. 2 indexed citations

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