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Ana L Machado

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Campos D, Morgado R, Silva A, Machado A, Grabicova K, Zlabek V, et al.
Sci Total Environ . 2023 Jun; 892:164594. PMID: 37270002
Personal care products have various organic ultraviolet filters (UV filters) in their composition to increase protection against ultraviolet radiation. Some of these products also contain insect repellents in their formulations....
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Silva C, Machado A, Campos D, Soares A, Pestana J
Environ Res . 2022 Jun; 213:113641. PMID: 35716817
Several studies have shown that ingestion of microplastics causes adverse effects in aquatic organisms, including sediment-dwelling invertebrates. Most studies focus on evaluating the effects of plastic particles alone without testing...
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Simao F, Machado A, Soares A, Pestana J
Ecotoxicology . 2021 Sep; 30(10):2132-2135. PMID: 34536160
It has been observed that freshwater planarians can accumulate cadmium in their head portions, with neurotoxicity and head loss accompanying this phenomenon. Since planarians exhibit head loss and symptoms of...
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Bordalo M, Machado A, Campos D, Coelho S, Rodrigues A, Lopes I, et al.
Environ Pollut . 2021 Apr; 282:117030. PMID: 33831627
Bioinsecticides based on the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) are increasingly being applied directly into aquatic compartments to control nuisance mosquitoes and blackflies and are generally considered environmentally friendly...
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Silva C, Silva A, Campos D, Machado A, Pestana J, Gravato C
J Hazard Mater . 2020 Dec; 402:123775. PMID: 33254786
Riverine sediments are major sinks of microplastics from inland anthropogenic activities, imposing a threat to freshwater benthic invertebrates. This study investigated the ingestion of three size-classes (SC) of irregularly shaped...
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Campos D, Machado A, N Cardoso D, Silva A, Silva P, Rodrigues A, et al.
Environ Pollut . 2020 Feb; 260:113981. PMID: 32041008
In the last decades, the use of organic ultraviolet-filters (UV-filters) has increased worldwide, and these compounds are now considered emerging contaminants of many freshwater ecosystems. The present study aimed to...
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Abe F, Machado A, Soares A, de Oliveira D, Pestana J
Chemosphere . 2019 Jul; 236:124390. PMID: 31344623
Azo dyes are the largest class of dyes extensively used by industries despite their mutagenic potential for humans. As such, natural dyes have been reemerging as an important alternative to...
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Monaghan K, Machado A, Corado M, Wrona F, Soares A
Sci Total Environ . 2018 Nov; 651(Pt 2):3117-3126. PMID: 30463162
Catchment wildfire can decimate freshwater benthos when burnt material washes through river channels. We conducted detailed seasonal surveys over the course of one-year at N = 9 sites following summer-time...
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Rodrigues A, Machado A, Bordalo M, Saro L, Simao F, Rocha R, et al.
Environ Sci Technol . 2018 Mar; 52(8):4889-4900. PMID: 29565569
Anthropogenic activities increase pesticide contamination and biological invasions in freshwater ecosystems. Understanding their combined effects on community structure and on ecosystem functioning presents challenges for an improved ecological risk assessment....
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Fabbro M, Foggi C, Santos L, Gracia L, Perrin A, Perrin C, et al.
Dalton Trans . 2016 Jun; 45(26):10736-43. PMID: 27283468
In this study, we investigate the structure, antifungal activity, and optical properties of β-Ag2MoO4 using experimental and theoretical approaches. β-Ag2MoO4 samples were prepared by a co-precipitation method using different solvents...