Jordana Benfica

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What is better to enhance the solubility of hydrophobic compounds in aqueous solutions: eutectic solvents or ionic liquids?

Ferreira, O; Silva, LP; Almeida, HHS; Benfica, J; Abranches, DO; Pinho, SP; Coutinho, JAP
2024, RSC SUSTAINABILITY, 2, 12, 4052-4060.
ISBN: 2753-8125

Exploring the impact of sodium salts on hydrotropic solubilization

Benfica, J; Martins, AC; Peréz-Sanchéz, G; Schaeffer, N; Coutinho, JAP
2023, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 25, 38, 26327-26340.

Assessing the hydrotropic effect in the presence of electrolytes: competition between solute salting-out and salt-induced hydrotrope aggregation

Martins, AC; Benfica, J; Perez-Sanchez, G; Shimizu, S; Sintra, TE; Schaeffer, N; Coutinho, JAP
2022, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 24, 36, 21645-21654.

The impact of the counterion in the performance of ionic hydrotropes

Dinis O. Abranches, Jordana Benfica, Bruna P. Soares, Ana M. Ferreira, Tânia E. Sintra, Seishi Shimizu, João A. P. Coutinho
2021, Chemical Communications, 57, 2951-2954 .

Cholinium-based ionic liquids as bioinspired hydrotropes to tackle solubility challenges in drug formulation

Sintra, TE; Abranches, DO; Benfica, J; Soares, BP; Ventura, SPM; Coutinho, JAP
2021, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS, 164, 86-92.
ISBN: 1873-3441

Aqueous solutions of organic acids as effective solvents for levodopa extraction from Mucuna pruriens seeds

Benfica, J; Morais, ES; Miranda, JS; Freire, MG; de Sousa, RDS; Coutinho, JAP
2021, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 274.
ISBN: 1873-3794

Enhanced Extraction of Levodopa from Mucuna pruriens Seeds Using Aqueous Solutions of Eutectic Solvents

Benfica, J; Miranda, JS; Morais, ES; Freire, MG; Coutinho, JAP; de Sousa, RDS
2020, ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 8, 17, 6682-6689.

Unveiling the mechanism of hydrotropy: evidence for water-mediated aggregation of hydrotropes around the solute

Abranches, DO; Benfica, J; Soares, BP; Leal-Duaso, A; Sintra, TE; Pires, E; Pinho, SP; Shimizu, S; Coutinho, JAP
2020, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 56, 52, 7143-7146.
ISBN: 1364-548X

Solubility Enhancement of Hydrophobic Substances in Water/Cyrene Mixtures: A Computational Study

Abranches, DO; Benfica, J; Shimizu, S; Coutinho, JAP
2020, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 59, 40, 18247-18253.

The Perspective of Cooperative Hydrotropy on the Solubility in Aqueous Solutions of Cyrene

Abranches, DO; Benfica, J; Shimizu, S; Coutinho, JAP
2020, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59, 41, 18649-18658.

DESBLOQUEANDO O POTENCIAL DE HIDROTROPIA DE SOLVENTES ALTERNATIVOS PARA SOLUBILIZAÇÃO DE COMPOSTOS ALVO

Jordana Benfica Silva
2024.

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