Low doses of toxicants can enhance algae potential as biodiesel and biomass feedstocks

E Agathokleous, J Guo, J Peñuelas - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ambitious target of worldwide governments for achieving carbon neutrality by the middle
of the current century confers a key role to negative emission technologies. To meet this …

Physiological and morphological responses of green microalgae Chlorella vulgaris to silver nanoparticles

N Romero, FF Visentini, VE Márquez, LG Santiago… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The toxic effects of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on the physiology and morphology of the
green microalga Chlorella vulgaris were studied. AgNPs were characterized by particle size …

[HTML][HTML] Building the bridge from aquatic nanotoxicology to safety by design silver nanoparticles

I Corsi, MF Desimone, J Cazenave - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nanotechnologies have rapidly grown, and they are considered the new industrial
revolution. However, the augmented production and wide applications of engineered …

Metabolomic Responses of Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Exposed to Sublethal Concentrations of Inorganic and Methylmercury

VI Slaveykova, S Majumdar, N Regier… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Metabolomics characterizes low-molecular-weight molecules involved in different
biochemical reactions and provides an integrated assessment of the physiological state of …

Total mercury concentration in the muscle of four mostly consumed fish and associated human health risks for fishermen and non-fishermen families in the Anzali …

H Parang, M Esmaeilbeigi - Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Total mercury (T-Hg) content of muscle of four mostly-consumed fish, including Sander
lucioperca, Esox lucius linnaeus (carnivorous) Cyprinus carpio and Carassius auratus …

Preparation of solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers containing zeaxanthin and evaluation of physicochemical properties

R Osanlou, M Emtyazjoo, A Banaei… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Zeaxanthin is a yellow carotenoid antioxidant concentrated in the macula. This pigment in
many foods and beverages is very problematic due to its extreme hydrophobicity and poor …

Nano-pesticides: A great challenge for biodiversity? The need for a broader perspective

E Agathokleous, ZZ Feng, I Iavicoli, EJ Calabrese - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
The need to protect plants against environmental challenges, abiotic and biotic, leads to the
application of nanomaterials and pesticides in the environment. Recently, nanopesticides …

Hydrochemical evaluation of groundwater quality and human health risk assessment of trace elements in the largest mining district of South Khorasan, Eastern Iran

A Kazemi, M Esmaeilbeigi, Z Sahebi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The groundwater resources of mining areas have been in a challenging condition in terms of
metal pollution and human health. Therefore, this study investigated the concentration of …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic alterations in alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exposed to nTiO 2 materials

W Liu, M Li, W Li, AA Keller… - Environmental Science …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nano-sized titanium dioxide (nTiO2) is one of the most commonly used materials, however
the knowledge about the molecular basis for metabolic and physiological changes in …

Fatty acids as bioindicators of organohalogen exposure in marine fish from a highly polluted estuary: First insight into small-scale regional differences

F Liu, Q Xie, RQ Yu, Z Xie, J Wu, X Zhang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence has revealed the lipid-disrupting effects of organic contaminants on
aquatic organisms, raising attention about the efficacy of fatty acids (FAs) as bioindicator of …