Education

Research

Research awards

• $ 100,000 awarded by MA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH for Cranberry Health Research – Phytochemistry to Protect Against Oxidative Stress and Inflammation
• $ 100,000 awarded by Massachusetts Department of Public Health, BSAS for Cranberry Health Research - Phytochemistry and Cellular Protective Mechanisms
• $ 100,000 awarded by Massachusetts Department of Public Health for UMass Cranberry Health Research Center Gut Health Initiative
• $ 49,408 awarded by Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. for Extraction, Fractionation and Characterization of Triterpenoids from Cranberry Pomace
• $ 100,000 awarded by MA Department of Public Health for FY 22 Colon Health Initiative at UMass Cranberry Health Research Center

Research

Research interests

• Phytochemicals with anti-cancer, antimicrobial, and antioxidant activity from cranberries and other plant sources
• Bioactivity, purification, and analysis of natural products
• Factors influencing production of secondary metabolites including functional food factors

Select publications

• Wu X., Xue L., Tata A., Song M., Neto C., Xiao H. (2020).
  Bioactive components of polyphenol-rich and non–polyphenol-rich cranberry fruit extracts and their chemopreventive effects on colitis-associated colon cancer
  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 68(25), 6845–6853.
  
• Turbitt J. R., Colson K. L., Milstead A., Killday K. B., Neto C. C.* (2020).
  Application of 1H NMR-based metabolomics to the analysis of cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) supplements
  Phytochemical Analysis, 31(1), 68–80.
  
• Neto C. C.*, Penndorf K. A., Feldman M., Meron-Sudai S., Zakay-Rones Z., Steinberg D., Fridman M., Kashman Y., Ginsburg I., Ofek I., Weiss E. I. (2017).
  Characterization of non-dialyzable constituents from cranberry juice that inhibit adhesion, co-aggregation, and biofilm formation by oral bacteria
  Food & Function, 8, 1955–1965.
  
• Gupta P., Song B., Neto C., Camesano T. A.* (2016).
  Atomic force microscopy-guided fractionation reveals the influence of cranberry phytochemicals on adhesion of Escherichia coli
  Food & Function, 7, 2655-2666.
  

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