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Tharindu R. L. Senadheera, Abul Hossain and Fereidoon Shahidi
The structurally diverse bioactive compounds found in marine organisms represent valuable resources for the food and pharmaceutical industries. The marine ecosystem encompasses over half of the world?s biota, providing an extensive range of bioactive com...
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Marco Munari, Alessandro Devigili, Giulia dalle Palle, Davide Asnicar, Paolo Pastore, Denis Badocco and Maria Gabriella Marin
Ocean acidification poses an increasing concern for broadcast spawning species that release gametes in the water column where fertilization occurs. Indeed, the functionality of gametes and their interactions may be negatively affected by reduced pH. Susc...
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Samir A. Bello and José E. García-Arrarás
The cellular events underlying intestine regrowth in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima have been described by our group. Currently, the molecular and signaling mechanisms involved in this process are being explored. One of the limitations to our inv...
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Munawar Khalil, Steve S. Doo, Marleen Stuhr and Hildegard Westphal
Ocean acidification and ocean warming compromise the capacity of calcifying marine organisms to generate and maintain their skeletons. While many marine calcifying organisms precipitate low-Mg calcite or aragonite, the skeleton of echinoderms consists of...
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Claudio Luparello, Rossella Branni, Giulia Abruscato, Valentina Lazzara, Simon Sugár, Vincenzo Arizza, Manuela Mauro, Vita Di Stefano and Mirella Vazzana
Echinoderms are an acknowledged source of bioactive compounds exerting various beneficial effects on human health. Here, we examined the potential in vitro anti-hepatocarcinoma effects of aqueous extracts of the cell-free coelomic fluid obtained from the...
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Susana Machado, Lia Mergulhão, Bruno Claro Pereira, Pedro Pereira, Jorge Carvalho, José António Anacleto, Carlos Neto de Carvalho, João Belo, Ricardo Paredes and Andrea Baucon
The Cabeço da Ladeira paleontological site in central Portugal became known as the ?Jurassic Beach?. Formerly an active quarry, the site was protected in order to preserve the large exposures of a Middle Jurassic (early? Bajocian) carbonate tidal flat wi...
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Manuela Piccardo, Francesca Provenza, Eleonora Grazioli, Serena Anselmi, Antonio Terlizzi and Monia Renzi
This study evaluates the impacts of 16 different leachates of plastic-made packaging on marine species of different trophic levels (bacteria, algae, echinoderms). Standard ecotoxicological endpoints (inhibition of bioluminescence, inhibition of growth, e...
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Manuela Piccardo, Francesca Provenza, Serena Anselmi, Andrea Broccoli, Antonio Terlizzi and Monia Renzi
Cigarette butts (CBs) are among the dominant constituents of marine and beach litter. Few studies have been conducted, and the environmental effects of CBs on marine species are still poorly understood. This study aims to evaluate the ecotoxicological ef...
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Pedro Campoy-López, Estefanía Pereira-Pinto, Leonardo Mantilla-Aldana and Ricardo Beiras
The sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) was used to test the effects of one of the most abundant flame retardant additives for plastics, tris (1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TCPP), and the synthetic hormone ethinylestradiol (EE2) on gametogenesis and gonad...
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Lingli Wang, Minglan Guo, Tao Li, Hui Huang, Sheng Liu and Simin Hu
Information on the in situ diet of juvenile chaetognaths is critical for understanding the population recruitment of chaetognaths and their functional roles in marine food web. In this study, a molecular method based on PCR amplification targeted on 18S ...
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