Alfredo Aires

Alfredo Augusto de Carvalho Aires, is researcher in University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), and Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Agronomy Department, Vila Real, Portugal in agronomic field. He was born Vila Real, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal at 23 of March of 1973. Accomplished the Course of Agricultural Engineer with 15 values in 20, in January of 1997 at University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal. In same university, in March 2004, obtained the MSc Degree in Horticulture and Ornamental Plants, and later in December 2009, got the Ph.D. degree in Agronomical Sciences with the Thesis entitled “Bioactive compounds in Brassicacea plants and its effect in human health”. Until now, Alfredo Aires have h-índex in Scopus and in Web of Science/ISI 17. The actual main research interests are plant and crop composition; primary and secondary metabolites; polyphenols, glucosinolates agro-food byproducts and wastes valorization; Extraction and purification methods; antioxidant activities, antimicrobial properties, HPLC quantification.