Research Unit: Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular

Web page: 

http://www.umh.es/contenido/Estudiantes/:persona_136920/datos_es.html

https://ibmc.umh.es/mherranz.asp

Research Fields:
1. Biocompounds as agents with potential anti-obesity effects.
2. Cosmetics and functional foods: screening and bioactivity of new ingredients for cosmetics and food formulations.

Representative Publications:

• María Herranz-López, Enrique Barrajón-Catalán, Antonio Segura-Carretero, Javier A. Menéndez, Jorge Joven, Vicente Micol. (2015). Lemon verbena (Lippia citriodora) polyphenols alleviate obesity-related disturbances in hypertrophic adipocytes through AMPK-dependent mechanisms. Phytomedicine 22: 605–614.
• María del Mar Contreras, Isabel Borrás-Linares, María Herranz-López, Vicente Micol, Antonio Segura-Carretero. (2016). Further exploring the absorption and enterocyte metabolism of quercetin forms in the 1 Caco-2 model using nano-LC-TOF-MS. Electrophoresis 37: 7-8.
• Jiménez-Sánchez C, Olivares-Vicente M, Rodríguez-Pérez C, Herranz-López M, Lozano-Sánchez J, et al. (2017). AMPK modulatory activity of olive-tree leaves phenolic compounds: Bioassay-guided isolation on adipocyte model and in silico approach. PLOS One 12  e0173074.
• Herranz-López M, Borrás-Linares I, Olivares-Vicente M, Gálvez J, Segura-Carretero A, Micol V. (2017). Correlation between the cellular metabolism of quercetin and its glucuronide metabolite and oxidative stress in hypertrophied 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Phytomedicine 25: 25–28.  .
• Herranz-López M, Olivares-Vicente M, Encinar JA, Barrajón-Catalán E, Segura-Carretero A, Joven J, Micol V. (2017). Multi-Targeted Molecular Effects of Hibiscus sabdariffa Polyphenols: An Opportunity for a Global Approach to Obesity. Nutrients 9: 907.