My research interests are focused on:

• investigating the interaction between food bioactive compounds and the human gut microbiota
• the bioavailability of food micro-nutrients.

PhD in Biological sciences, MSc degree in Food Quality and Chemistry of Natural Products, and BSc Hons degree in Biochemistry.

Key Publications

Shehata, E., Day‐Walsh, P., Kellingray, L., Narbad, A., & Kroon, P. A. (2023). Spontaneous and Microbiota‐Driven Degradation of Anthocyanins in an In Vitro Human Colon Model. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 67(19), 2300036. https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.202300036

Shehata, E., Parker, A., Suzuki, T., Swann, J. R., Suez, J., Kroon, P. A., & Day‐Walsh, P. (2022). Microbiomes in physiology: insights into 21st‐century global medical challenges. Experimental Physiology, 107(4), 257-264. https://doi.org/10.1113/EP090226

Shehata, E., Grigorakis, S., Loupassaki, S., & Makris, D. P. (2015). Extraction optimisation using water/glycerol for the efficient recovery of polyphenolic antioxidants from two Artemisia species. Separation and Purification Technology, 149, 462-469. DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2015.06.017

Shehata, E., Loupassaki, S., & Makris, D. P. (2016). Essential oil composition and antiradical activity of two Artemisia species endemic to the island of Crete (Southern Greece). American Journal of Essential Oils and Natural Products, 4(1): 32-35.