Vitor Vasconcelos

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1 Molecular mechanisms of microcystin toxicity in animal cells. Int J Mol Sci 2010 1.30
2 Sea anemone (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) toxins: an overview. Mar Drugs 2012 1.30
3 First detection of anatoxin-a in human and animal dietary supplements containing cyanobacteria. Food Chem Toxicol 2009 0.99
4 The chemical ecology of cyanobacteria. Nat Prod Rep 2012 0.98
5 Toxicity assessment of crude and partially purified extracts of marine Synechocystis and Synechococcus cyanobacterial strains in marine invertebrates. Toxicon 2007 0.94
6 Toxicology and detection methods of the alkaloid neurotoxin produced by cyanobacteria, anatoxin-a. Environ Int 2007 0.90
7 Time series forecasting of cyanobacteria blooms in the Crestuma Reservoir (Douro River, Portugal) using artificial neural networks. Environ Manage 2006 0.89
8 Use of qPCR for the study of hepatotoxic cyanobacteria population dynamics. Arch Microbiol 2011 0.88
9 Methods to detect cyanobacteria and their toxins in the environment. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014 0.87
10 Proteomic research in bivalves: towards the identification of molecular markers of aquatic pollution. J Proteomics 2012 0.85
11 New invertebrate vectors for PST, spirolides and okadaic acid in the North Atlantic. Mar Drugs 2013 0.85
12 Marine cyanobacteria compounds with anticancer properties: a review on the implication of apoptosis. Mar Drugs 2012 0.85
13 Effects on growth and oxidative stress status of rice plants (Oryza sativa) exposed to two extracts of toxin-producing cyanobacteria (Aphanizomenon ovalisporum and Microcystis aeruginosa). Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2011 0.84
14 Unusual symbiotic cyanobacteria association in the genetically diverse intertidal marine sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis (Demospongiae, Halichondrida). PLoS One 2012 0.84
15 Primary screening of the bioactivity of brackishwater cyanobacteria: toxicity of crude extracts to Artemia salina larvae and Paracentrotus lividus embryos. Mar Drugs 2010 0.84
16 Evidence of unique and generalist microbes in distantly related sympatric intertidal marine sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae). PLoS One 2013 0.84
17 Phylogeny and biogeography of cyanobacteria and their produced toxins. Mar Drugs 2013 0.84
18 Are known cyanotoxins involved in the toxicity of picoplanktonic and filamentous North Atlantic marine cyanobacteria? Mar Drugs 2010 0.84
19 Effects on growth, antioxidant enzyme activity and levels of extracellular proteins in the green alga Chlorella vulgaris exposed to crude cyanobacterial extracts and pure microcystin and cylindrospermopsin. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2013 0.84
20 Effects of cyanobacteria producing microcystins on seed germination and seedling growth of several agricultural plants. J Environ Sci Health B 2008 0.83
21 Compensatory growth induced in zebrafish larvae after pre-exposure to a Microcystis aeruginosa natural bloom extract containing microcystins. Int J Mol Sci 2009 0.82
22 Culture-dependent characterization of cyanobacterial diversity in the intertidal zones of the Portuguese coast: a polyphasic study. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012 0.82
23 Molecular evolution of vertebrate neurotrophins: co-option of the highly conserved nerve growth factor gene into the advanced snake venom arsenalf. PLoS One 2013 0.82
24 Neuro-apoptogenic and blood platelet targeting toxins in benthic marine cyanobacteria from the Portuguese coast. Aquat Toxicol 2005 0.81
25 Differential protein expression in two bivalve species; Mytilus galloprovincialis and Corbicula fluminea; exposed to Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii cells. Aquat Toxicol 2010 0.81
26 Accumulation and depuration of cyanobacterial paralytic shellfish toxins by the freshwater mussel Anodonta cygnea. Aquat Toxicol 2004 0.81
27 Phytotoxic effects of cyanobacteria extract on the aquatic plant Lemna gibba: microcystin accumulation, detoxication and oxidative stress induction. Aquat Toxicol 2007 0.81
28 Chthamalus montagui as biomonitor of metal contamination in the northwest coast of Portugal. Environ Monit Assess 2011 0.80
29 Protein extraction and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of proteins in the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis: an important tool for protein expression studies, food quality and safety assessment. J Sci Food Agric 2012 0.80
30 Oceans and Human Health (OHH): a European perspective from the Marine Board of the European Science Foundation (Marine Board-ESF). Microb Ecol 2013 0.80
31 Development and single laboratory validation of an optical biosensor assay for tetrodotoxin detection as a tool to combat emerging risks in European seafood. Anal Bioanal Chem 2013 0.80
32 The role of gene duplication and unconstrained selective pressures in the melanopsin gene family evolution and vertebrate circadian rhythm regulation. PLoS One 2012 0.80
33 Cyanobacterial extracts containing microcystins affect the growth, nodulation process and nitrogen uptake of faba bean (Vicia faba L., Fabaceae). Ecotoxicology 2011 0.80
34 Allelopatic effects of cyanobacteria extracts containing microcystins on Medicago sativa-Rhizobia symbiosis. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2010 0.79
35 Goose barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes as biomonitor of metal contamination in the northwest coast of Portugal. Environ Monit Assess 2011 0.79
36 Acute effects of an anatoxin-a producing cyanobacterium on juvenile fish-Cyprinus carpio L. Toxicon 2006 0.79
37 Effect of different microcystin profiles on toxin bioaccumulation in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) larvae via Artemia nauplii. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2009 0.79
38 Microbial diversity associated with tetrodotoxin production in marine organisms. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 2013 0.79
39 Toxicology of a Microcystis ichthyoblabe waterbloom from Lake Oued Mellah (Morocco). Environ Toxicol 2002 0.79
40 Early physiological and biochemical responses of rice seedlings to low concentration of microcystin-LR. Ecotoxicology 2013 0.79
41 African origin and europe-mediated global dispersal of the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa. Curr Microbiol 2014 0.78
42 Development and optimization of a method for the determination of Cylindrospermopsin from strains of Aphanizomenon cultures: intra-laboratory assessment of its accuracy by using validation standards. Talanta 2012 0.78
43 Application of real-time PCR in the assessment of the toxic cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii abundance and toxicological potential. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011 0.78
44 Phytotoxic effects of a natural bloom extract containing microcystins on Lycopersicon esculentum. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2012 0.77
45 Conopeptides from Cape Verde Conus crotchii. Mar Drugs 2013 0.77
46 Protective role of dietary N-acetylcysteine on the oxidative stress induced by cylindrospermopsin in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Environ Toxicol Chem 2012 0.77
47 Dynamics of protein phosphatase gene expression in Corbicula fluminea exposed to microcystin-LR and to toxic Microcystis aeruginosa cells. Int J Mol Sci 2011 0.77
48 Genetic variability of the invasive cyanobacteria Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii from Bir M'cherga reservoir (Tunisia). Arch Microbiol 2011 0.77
49 Obesity: The Metabolic Disease, Advances on Drug Discovery and Natural Product Research. Curr Top Med Chem 2016 0.77
50 Species-specific real-time PCR cell number quantification of the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Planktothrix agardhii. Arch Microbiol 2012 0.77
51 Cytotoxicity in L929 fibroblasts and inhibition of herpes simplex virus type 1 Kupka by estuarine cyanobacteria extracts. Toxicol In Vitro 2011 0.77
52 Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of potentially toxic cyanobacteria in Tunisian freshwaters. Syst Appl Microbiol 2011 0.77
53 Phylogeny of microcystins: evidence of a biogeographical trend? Curr Microbiol 2012 0.77
54 Viscera-associated bacterial diversity among intertidal gastropods from Northern-Atlantic coast of Portugal. Curr Microbiol 2013 0.76
55 Adaptive functional divergence of the warm temperature acclimation-related protein (WAP65) in fishes and the ortholog hemopexin (HPX) in mammals. J Hered 2013 0.76
56 Seasonal dynamics of Microcystis spp. and their toxigenicity as assessed by qPCR in a temperate reservoir. Mar Drugs 2011 0.76
57 Phylogeny and biogeography of the invasive cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii. Arch Microbiol 2014 0.76
58 Exploring the adenylation domain repertoire of nonribosomal peptide synthetases using an ensemble of sequence-search methods. PLoS One 2013 0.75
59 Biological toxins and medicinal chemistry: research and therapeutic tools. Curr Top Med Chem 2015 0.75
60 Binding and Pharmacokinetics of the Sodium Channel Blocking Toxins (Saxitoxin and the Tetrodotoxins). Mini Rev Med Chem 2017 0.75
61 New Insights on the Mode of Action of Microcystins in Animal Cells - A Review. Mini Rev Med Chem 2016 0.75
62 Effects of nitrate reduction on the eutrophication of an urban man-made lake (Palácio de Cristal, Porto, Portugal). Environ Technol 2011 0.75
63 Fused aryl-phenazines: scaffold for the development of bioactive molecules. Curr Drug Targets 2014 0.75
64 Cytotoxicity Induced by Extracts of Pisolithus tinctorius Spores on Human Cancer and Normal Cell Lines-Evaluation of the Anticancer Potential. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2015 0.75
65 Analysis of anatoxin-a in biological samples using liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection after solid phase extraction and solid phase microextraction. J Chromatogr A 2006 0.75
66 Uptake and depuration of anatoxin-a by the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819) under laboratory conditions. Chemosphere 2008 0.75
67 Corrigendum: Biosynthesis-Assisted Structural Elucidation of the Bartolosides, Chlorinated Aromatic Glycolipids from Cyanobacteria. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016 0.75
68 Physiological and antioxidant responses of Medicago sativa-rhizobia symbiosis to cyanobacterial toxins (Microcystins) exposure. Toxicon 2013 0.75
69 Seasonal variation of metal contamination in the barnacles Pollicipes pollicipes in northwest coast of Portugal show clear correlation with levels in the surrounding water. Mar Pollut Bull 2013 0.75