Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced ubiquitously across the tree of life. Far from
being synonymous with toxicity and harm, biological ROS production is increasingly …

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a synthetic organic compound used as raw material in many industrial
products, particularly epoxy resins and polycarbonate plastics. Due to its extensive …

Increasing the consumption of natural substances has increased the demand for biological
sources such as Spirulina platensis. The study quantitatively investigates the antioxidant …

Research programmes on oxidative stress and hormesis are wide ranging. Biomedical and
toxicological sciences have traditionally centralised such research, but in the last years we …

Algae can tolerate a broad range of growing conditions but extreme conditions may lead to
the generation of highly dangerous reactive oxygen species (ROS), which may cause the …

Extracts from 48 marine macroalgae species (17 Chlorophyta, 8 Phaeophyta and 23
Rhodophyta) from the coasts of Yucatan and Quintana Roo (Mexico) were evaluated for …

An unprecedented bloom of the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa Kütz. occurred in
the St. Lucie Estuary, FL in the summer of 2005. Samples were analyzed for toxicity by …

The goal of the present investigation was to study the effect of pH on growth and
biochemical responses of Dunaliella bardawil and Chlorella ellipsoidea when exposed to …

Pyrogallol is a potent allelochemical on Microcystis aeruginosa, but its allelopathic
mechanism is not fully known. In order to explore this mechanism, gene expressions for prx …

The capacity of macro-algae to remove nutrients means they have the potential to
concomitantly bioremediate polluted waters and generate exploitable biomass. The …