• Stress proteins accumulation in corbicula fluminea (Mollusca; Bivalvia) As an indication of environmental water quality related to heat shock protein respoinse 

  Nascimento, Iracema Andrade (Brasil, 1996)
• Ecotoxicological diagnosis of Aratu Bay, Bahia, Brazil: a new approach to validate a reactive short-term toxicity end-point by comparison with intertidal benthic activity 

  Nascimento, Iracema Andrade; Smith, D. H.; Gomes, Maria da Gloria Sampaio; Santos, Gislaine Vieira dos; Pereira, Solange Andrade (2000)

  The Aratu Bay ecosystem (12°48′S; 38°28′W), located in an industrialized area, was compared with a similar but undisturbed ecosystem, Iguape Bay, in order to determine the impact of industry on water quality during the ...
• Integration of varying responses of different organisms to water and sediment quality at sites impacted and not impacted by the petroleum industry 

  Nascimento, Iracema Andrade; Smith, D. H.; Pereira, Solange Andrade; Araujo, Milena Maria Sampaio de; Silva, M. A.; Mariani, A. M. (2000)
• Toxic Effects of Cryoprotectants on oyster gametes and embryos: A preliminary step towards establishing cryopreservation protocols 

  Sansone, Giovanni; Nascimento, Iracema Andrade; Leite, Maria Bernadete Neiva Lemos; Araujo, Milena Maria Sampaio de; Pereira, Solange Andrade; Mariani, Ana Maria (Brasil, 2005)

  Aquaculture development is dependent on continuous seed production, regardless of the spawning season. Cryopreservation can therefore, be a valuable tool for achieving seed availability. The benefits of cryopreservation ...
• Combustíveis mais eco-compatíveis 

  Paixão, Joana Fidelis; Nascimento, Iracema Andrade (2006)
• The lysosomal stability as a biomarker for the determination of pollution in aquatic environments 

  Nazar, Maria Loreto; Rodrigues, Luiz Erlon Araujo; Nascimento, Iracema Andrade (Brasil, 2008)

  This work studied the effects caused by five different formulae of gasoline on the stability of the lysosomes isolated from the liver of the tilapia fish (Oreochromis niloticus). The functional integrity of the lysosomal ...
• Utilização de metalotineínas como biomarcadores de contaminação por metais traços em bacia de Retenção de efluentes: avaliação da qualidade Hídrica para o reuso Indrustrial 

  Rodrigues, Igor Leonardo Pereira; Nascimento, Iracema Andrade; Rebelo, Mauro de Freitas; Wanick, Rodrigo Cunha (2009)

  As atividades nos complexos industriais, geradoras de resíduos tóxicos, através das suas correntes inorgânicas que são direcionadas a bacias de contenção, podem atingir corpos hídricos naturais e gerar impactos. O uso de ...
• Microalgas como matéria-prima para biocombustíveis: importância no cenário atual, principais entraves e resultados promissores na Bahia 

  Nascimento, Iracema Andrade; Pereira, Solange Andrade; Leite, Maria Bernadete Neiva Lemos; Santos, Jacson Nunes dos; Nascimento, Tiago Pereira do; Nascimento, Maurício Andrade; Coelho Neto, José Baía; Sousa, Clarivaldo Santos de (2009)
• Heat shock protein response to thermal stress in the Asiatic clam,Corbicula fluminea 

  Nascimento, Iracema Andrade; Dickson, Kenneth L.; Zimmerman, Earl G. (1996)

  A recent approach to evaluate environmenta induced damages has been damages has been suggested, based on the stress response. The approach involves the detection of stress protein induction in organisms to infer about ...
• Selection of cryoprotectants based on their toxic effects on oyster gametes and embryos 

  Nascimento, Iracema Andrade; Leite, Maria Bernadete Neiva Lemos; Araujo, Milena Maria Sampaio de; Sansone, Giovanni; Pereira, Solange Andrade; Santo, Maristela do Espírito (2005)

  Cryopreservation is a valuable tool for aquaculture by providing continuous seed production, regardless of the spawning seasons. This study aimed to select the least toxic among the cryoprotectants dimethyl sulfoxide ...
• Lysosomal responses as a diagnostic tool for the detection of chronic petroleum pollution at Todos os Santos Bay, Brazil 

  Martins, L. K. P.; Nascimento, Iracema Andrade; Fillmann, Gilberto; King, R.; Evangelista, A. J. A.; Readman, J. W.; Depledge, M. H. (2005)

  Coastal marine environments, especially semienclosed systems such as bays, are under unrelenting stress caused by urban and industrial development. Biomonitoring plays a vital role in strategies to identify, assess, and ...
• Estimation of the critical effect level for pollution prevention based on oyster embryonic development toxicity test: The search for reliability 

  Cruz, Andrea Cristina Santos da; Couto, Beatriz C.; Nascimento, Iracema Andrade; Pereira, Solange Andrade; Leite, Maria Bernadete Neiva Lemos; Bertoletti, E.; Zagatto, P. A. (2007)

  In spite of the consideration that toxicity testing is a reduced approach to measure the effects of pollutants on ecosystems, the early-life-stage (ELS) tests have evident ecological relevance because they reflect the ...
• Key issues on sediment quality assessment: A review of South American research with emphasis on Brazil 

  Nascimento, Iracema Andrade (2007)

  Conventional approaches to pollution prevention in South American countries have traditionally relied on scientists identifying potentially harmful substances and practices, and advising regulators concerning exposures and ...
• Toxicity of biodiesel, diesel and biodiesel/diesel blends: comparative sub-lethal effects of water-soluble fractions to microalgae species 

  Pereira, Solange Andrade; Araújo, Vinicius Queiroz; Rebouças, Márcio das Virgens; Vieira, Fernanda Seabra Vianna; Almeida, Marcos Vinicio A. de; Chinalia, Fábio Alexandre; Nascimento, Iracema Andrade (2011)

  The water-soluble-fractions (WSF) from biodiesel and biodiesel/diesel blends were compared to diesel in their sub-lethal toxicity to microalgae. Chemical analyses of aromatics, non-aromatics hydrocarbons and methanol were ...
• Estimation of Biodiesel Cytotoxicity by Using Acid Phosphatase as a Biomarker of Lysosomal Integrity 

  Cruz, Andréa Cristina Santos da; Leite, Maria Bernadete Neiva Lemos; Rodrigues, Luiz Erlon Araújo; Nascimento, Iracema Andrade (2012)

  Biodiesel is promoted as environmentally less harmful than diesel fuel. Nevertheless its water-soluble-fraction (WSF) may contain methanol, which appears by a reversion of the transesterification reaction, when biodiesel ...
• Growth of Chlorella vulgaris on sugarcane vinasse: the effect of anaerobic digestion pretreatment 

  Marques, Sheyla Santa Isabel; Nascimento, Iracema Andrade; Almeida, Paulo Fernando de; Chinalia, Fábio Alexandre (2013)

  Microalgae farming has been identified as the most eco-sustainable solution for producing biodiesel. However, the operation of full-scale plants is still limited by costs and the utilization of industrial and/or domestic ...
• From waste to energy: Microalgae production in wastewater and glycerol 

  Cabanelas, Iago Teles Dominguez; Arbib, Zouhayr; Chinalia, Fábio Alexandre; Souza, Carolina Oliveira de; Perales, José A.; Almeida, Paulo Fernando de; Druzian, Janice Izabel; Nascimento, Iracema Andrade (2013)

  The present work aimed to evaluate the auto/mixotrophic growth of microalgae using domestic wastewater (WW) amended with glycerol aiming biofuels production. The best results were obtained with the highest glycerol ...
• Comparing the use of different domestic wastewaters for coupling microalgal production and nutrient removal 

  Cabanelas, Iago Teles Dominguez; Ruiz, Jésus; Arbib, Zouhayr; Chinalia, Fábio Alexandre; Pérez, Carmen Garrido; Rogalla, Frank; Nascimento, Iracema Andrade; Perales, José A. (2013)

  The streams from municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) have been considered a valuable medium for mass cultivation of algal biomass. The aim of this work is to test and compare the performance of Chlorella vulgaris ...
• Lipid profiling and corresponding biodiesel quality of Mortierella isabellina using different drying and extraction methods 

  Hussain, Javid; Ruan, Zhenhua; Nascimento, Iracema Andrade; Liu, Yan; Liao, Wei (2014)

  Four lipid extraction methods (Bligh & Dyer, hexane & isopropanol, dichloromethane & methanol, and hexane) were evaluated to extract lipid from freeze- and oven-dried fungus Mortierella isabellina ATCC42613. The highest ...
• Microalgae Versus Land Crops as Feedstock for Biodiesel: Productivity, Quality, and Standard Compliance 

  Nascimento, Iracema Andrade; Marques, Sheyla Santa Izabel; Cabanelas, Iago Teles Dominguez; Carvalho, Gilson Correia de; Nascimento, Maurício Andrade; Souza, Carolina Oliveira de; Druzian, Janice Izabel; Hussain, Javid; Liao, Wei (2014)

  Despite certain environmental advantages over fossil diesel, land crop-derived biodiesels may not satisfy the increasing worldwide demand for transportation fuels. As an abundant photosynthesizer, algae could be an adequate ...

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