The inadequate management of fish processing waste or by-products is one of the major
problems that fish industry has to face nowadays. The mismanagement of this raw material …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are an unenviable part of aerobic life. Their steady-state
concentration is a balance between production and elimination providing certain steady …

As Allium cepa is one of the most important condiment plants grown and consumed all over
the world, various therapeutic and pharmacological effects of A. cepa were reviewed. Onion …

The monocyclic heptapeptides microcystins (MCs), are a group of hepatotoxins, produced
worldwide by some bloom-forming cyanobacterial species/strains both in marine and …

Carbon dots (CDs), as one kind of zero-dimensional carbon-based nanomaterials, show
great potential in combating emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial infections. CDs …

Microcystins (MICs) are potent toxins produced worldwide by cyanobacteria during bloom
events. Phosphatases inhibition is a well recognized effect of this kind of toxins as well as …

Pollution is a world problem with immeasurable consequences. Heavy metal compounds
are frequently found as components of anthropogenic pollution. Here we evaluated the …

Mercury is a toxic metal that can be found in the environment in three different forms–
elemental, organic and inorganic. Inorganic mercury has a lower liposolubility, which results …

Aquaculture has become imperative to cover the demands for dietary animal protein.
Simultaneously, it has to overcome prejudices from excessive use of antibiotics and …

The effects of Atrazine, an herbicide used worldwide and considered as a potential
contaminant in aquatic environments, were assessed on the Neotropical fish Prochilodus …