Toxicity of engineered nanomaterials to aquatic and land snails: A scientometric and systematic review

MB Caixeta, PS Araújo, BB Gonçalves, LD Silva… - Chemosphere, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The emerging growth of nanotechnology has attracted great attention due to its application
in the parasite and intermediate host control. However, the knowledge concerning the …

Lymnaea stagnalis as a freshwater model invertebrate for ecotoxicological studies

J Amorim, I Abreu, P Rodrigues, D Peixoto… - Science of the Total …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Lymnaea stagnalis, also referred to as great or common pond snail, is an abundant and
widespread invertebrate species colonizing temperate limnic systems. Given the species …

The unlimited potential of the great pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis

I Fodor, AAA Hussein, PR Benjamin, JM Koene… - Elife, 2020‏ - elifesciences.org
Only a limited number of animal species lend themselves to becoming model organisms in
multiple biological disciplines: one of these is the great pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis …

Risk assessment of iron oxide nanoparticles in an aquatic ecosystem: a case study on Biomphalaria glabrata

MB Caixeta, PS Araújo, CC Rodrigues… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) have been applied in several sectors in the environmental
field, such as aquatic nanoremediation, due to their unique superparamagnetic and …

What is the aquatic toxicity of saponin-rich plant extracts used as biopesticides?

X Jiang, HCB Hansen, BW Strobel… - Environmental Pollution, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Saponin-rich extracts from Quillaja saponaria and Chenopodium quinoa have been
registered by US EPA as active ingredients in biopesticides, and extract from tea seed …

Environmental toxicity and biodegradation of chitosan derivatives: A comprehensive review

I Koumentakou, A Meretoudi, C Emmanouil… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The rising demand for chitosan is propelled by its diverse functional properties, including
biocompatibility, biodegradability, antimicrobial activity, and non-toxic nature. Its widespread …

Embryo bioassays with aquatic animals for toxicity testing and hazard assessment of emerging pollutants: A review

R Capela, J Garric, LFC Castro, MM Santos - Science of the Total …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
This review article gathers the available information on the use of embryo-tests as high-
throughput tools for toxicity screening, hazard assessment and prioritization of new and …

Freshwater gastropods as a tool for ecotoxicology assessments in Latin America

L de Freitas Tallarico - American Malacological Bulletin, 2015‏ - BioOne
Despite the mollusks being the second largest group in Kingdom Animalia, they have not
been considered in environmental risk assessment so far, mainly due to the lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative study of the sensitivity of two freshwater gastropods, Lymnaea stagnalis and Planorbarius corneus, to silver nanoparticles: bioaccumulation and …

T Wang, P Marle, VI Slaveykova, K Schirmer… - Environmental Pollution, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Metal-based nanoparticles (NPs) are considered detrimental to aquatic organisms due to
their potential accumulation. However, little is known about the mechanisms underlying …

MOSAIC: a web-interface for statistical analyses in ecotoxicology

S Charles, P Veber, ML Delignette-Muller - Environmental Science and …, 2018‏ - Springer
In ecotoxicology, bioassays are standardly conducted in order to measure acute or chronic
effects of potentially toxic substances on reproduction, growth, and/or survival of living …