Scientific Committee Dr. Carlos Lodeiro Espiño UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, FCT- University NOVA of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal) Dr. José Luís Capelo Martínez UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, FCT- University NOVA of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal) Dr. Mário Diniz UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, FCT- University NOVA of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal) Dr. Hugo M. Santos UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, FCT- University NOVA of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal) Dr. Patricia A. Curado Q. Dinis Poeta Veterinary Science Department, CEVAC, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal Dr. Marco Zezzi Arruda Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil Dr. Alcindo A. Dos Santos Institute of Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) Dr. Emilia Bertolo School of Human and Life Sciences,Canterbury Christ Church University,Canterbury (United Kingdom) Dr. Nelsi Zacheronni Department of Chemistry ‘Giacomo Ciamician’, University of Bologna (Italy) Dr. Alexander A. Kamnev Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov, Russian Federation