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Caterina Faggio

Caterina Faggio

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
91
Citations
28443
World Ranking
2332
National Ranking
40

Overview

Caterina Faggio is affiliated with the University of Messina in Italy and primarily conducts research in the field of Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Aquatic Science, Immunology, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research topics focus on diverse areas such as Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Applications, and Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies.

Some of the recent scientific papers authored by or involving Caterina Faggio include:

  • Effects of heavy metals on fish physiology - A review, 2022, Chemosphere
  • Herbal Immunomodulators in Aquaculture, 2020, Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture
  • Studying microplastics: Lessons from evaluated literature on animal model organisms and experimental approaches, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Source, bioaccumulation, degradability and toxicity of triclosan in aquatic environments: A review, 2021, Environmental Technology & Innovation
  • Sentinel species selection for monitoring microplastic pollution: A review on one health approach, 2022, Ecological Indicators

Frequent co-authors of Caterina Faggio include:

  • Cristiana Roberta Multisanti
  • Federica Impellitteri
  • Mahdi Banaee
  • Giuseppe Piccione
  • Paolo Pastorino

Caterina Faggio's research has been published in several scientific venues with notable frequency, including:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Fish & Shellfish Immunology
  • Applied Sciences

Best Publications

  • Microplastics in the marine environment: Current trends in environmental pollution and mechanisms of toxicological profile

    Chibuisi Gideon Alimba;Caterina Faggio

  • Microplastic in marine organism: Environmental and toxicological effects

    Eleonora Guzzetti;Antoni Sureda;Silvia Tejada;Caterina Faggio

  • Skepinone-L, a Novel Potent and Highly Selective Inhibitor of p38 MAP Kinase, Effectively Impairs Platelet Activation and Thrombus Formation

    Oliver Borst;Britta Walker;Patrick Münzer;Antonella Russo

  • Ecotoxicological effects of microplastics: Examination of biomarkers, current state and future perspectives

    Marko D. Prokić;Tijana B. Radovanović;Jelena P. Gavrić;Caterina Faggio

  • Micro- (nano) plastics in freshwater ecosystems: Abundance, toxicological impact and quantification methodology

    Stefan-Adrian Strungaru;Roxana Jijie;Mircea Nicoara;Gabriel Plavan

  • Fish response to hypoxia stress: growth, physiological, and immunological biomarkers.

    Mohsen Abdel-Tawwab;Mohamed N. Monier;Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar;Caterina Faggio

  • Importance of prebiotics in aquaculture as immunostimulants. Effects on immune system of Sparus aurata and Dicentrarchus labrax

    Donatella Carbone;Caterina Faggio

  • Host-Associated Probiotics: A Key Factor in Sustainable Aquaculture

    Hien Van Doan;Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar;Einar Ringø;Maria Ángeles Esteban

  • Impact of date palm fruits extracts and probiotic enriched diet on antioxidant status, innate immune response and immune-related gene expression of European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax).

    F.A. Guardiola;C. Porcino;R. Cerezuela;A. Cuesta

  • Multidisciplinary haematology as prognostic device in environmental and xenobiotic stress-induced response in fish

    Mario Alberto Burgos-Aceves;Lillà Lionetti;Caterina Faggio

  • Mussel digestive gland as a model tissue for assessing xenobiotics: An overview.

    Caterina Faggio;Vasiliki Tsarpali;Stefanos Dailianis

  • Antioxidant defense system, immune response and erythron profile modulation in gold fish, Carassius auratus, after acute manganese treatment

    Valbona Aliko;Mihallaq Qirjo;Eldores Sula;Valon Morina

  • Effects of waterborne antidepressants on non-target animals living in the aquatic environment: A review.

    Pavla Sehonova;Zdenka Svobodova;Petra Dolezelova;Petra Vosmerova

  • MicroRNAs and their role on fish oxidative stress during xenobiotic environmental exposures

    Mario Alberto Burgos-Aceves;Amit Cohen;Yoav Smith;Caterina Faggio

  • Flavonoids and platelet aggregation: A brief review.

    Caterina Faggio;Antoni Sureda;Silvia Morabito;Ana Sanches-Silva

  • Cytotoxicity, haemolymphatic parameters, and oxidative stress following exposure to sub-lethal concentrations of quaternium-15 in Mytilus galloprovincialis.

    Caterina Faggio;Maria Pagano;Roberto Alampi;Irene Vazzana

  • Bioaccumulation, cytotoxicity and oxidative stress of the acute exposure selenium in Oreochromis mossambicus.

    Narayanan Gobi;Baskaralingam Vaseeharan;Ravichandran Rekha;Sekar Vijayakumar

  • Tramadol hydrochloride: Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, adverse side effects, co-administration of drugs and new drug delivery systems

    M. Vazzana;T. Andreani;J. Fangueiro;C. Faggio

  • The use of erythrocyte fragility to assess xenobiotic cytotoxicity

    Maria Pagano;Caterina Faggio

  • Herbal Immunomodulators in Aquaculture

    Preetham Elumalai;Amitha Kurian;Sreeja Lakshmi;Caterina Faggio

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian Lang
Florian Lang University of Tübingen
Giuseppe Piccione
Giuseppe Piccione University of Messina
Francesco Fazio
Francesco Fazio University of Messina
Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar
Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Claudia Giannetto
Claudia Giannetto University of Messina
Einar Ringø
Einar Ringø University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Ronny Blust
Ronny Blust University of Antwerp
Sanchai Jaturasitha
Sanchai Jaturasitha Chiang Mai University
Stefan Laufer
Stefan Laufer University of Tübingen
Rosa Freitas
Rosa Freitas University of Aveiro

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