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Celso Vataru Nakamura

Celso Vataru Nakamura

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Microbiology

D-Index
69
Citations
16916
World Ranking
2044
National Ranking
19

Overview

Celso Vataru Nakamura is affiliated with the State University of Maringa in Brazil. Their research spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on several subfields including Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Food Science.

Their work covers a range of main topics such as:

  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Skin Protection and Aging
  • Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
  • Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation

Recent publications by Celso Vataru Nakamura include:

  • "Tannic acid, a promising anti-photoaging agent: Evidences of its antioxidant and anti-wrinkle potentials, and its ability to prevent photodamage and MMP-1 expression in L929 fibroblasts exposed to UVB" (2020, Free Radical Biology and Medicine)
  • "Photodynamic inactivation of Pseudomonas fluorescens in Minas Frescal cheese using curcumin as a photosensitizer" (2021, LWT)
  • "Antimicrobial photoinactivation approach based on Safranine-O loaded F127 copolymeric micelles for control of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria" (2021, Dyes and Pigments)
  • "First report of electrospun cellulose acetate nanofibers mats with chitin and chitosan nanowhiskers: Fabrication, characterization, and antibacterial activity" (2020, Carbohydrate Polymers)
  • "Doxorubicin-Loaded Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Induce Oxidative Stress and Cell Cycle Arrest in Breast Cancer Cells" (2023, Antioxidants)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Tânia Ueda-Nakamura
  • Francielle Pelegrin Garcia
  • Sueli de Oliveira Silva
  • Wilker Caetano
  • Rodolfo Bento Balbinot

Celso Vataru Nakamura has published multiple articles in frequent venues such as:

  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Natural Product Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Research Society and Development

Best Publications

  • Screening of some plants used in the Brazilian folk medicine for the treatment of infectious diseases

    Fabíola Barbiéri Holetz;Greisiele Lorena Pessini;Neviton Rogério Sanches;Diógenes Aparício Garcia Cortez

  • Recent advances in leishmaniasis treatment.

    Tatiana S. Tiuman;Adriana O. Santos;Tânia Ueda-Nakamura;Benedito P. Dias Filho

  • Antibacterial activity of Ocimum gratissimum L. essential oil.

    Celso Vataru Nakamura;Tania Ueda-Nakamura;Erika Bando;Abrahão Fernandes Negrão Melo

  • Potent antifungal activity of extracts and pure compound isolated from pomegranate peels and synergism with fluconazole against Candida albicans

    Eliana Harue Endo;Diógenes Aparício Garcia Cortez;Tânia Ueda-Nakamura;Celso Vataru Nakamura

  • Antileishmanial activity of Eugenol-rich essential oil from Ocimum gratissimum.

    Tânia Ueda-Nakamura;Ricardo R. Mendonça-Filho;José Andrés Morgado-Díaz;Paloma Korehisa Maza

  • Antimicrobial activity of Brazilian copaiba oils obtained from different species of the Copaifera genus

    Adriana Oliveira dos Santos;Tânia Ueda-Nakamura;Benedito Prado Dias Filho;Valdir F Veiga Junior

  • Antileishmanial Activity of Parthenolide, a Sesquiterpene Lactone Isolated from Tanacetum parthenium

    Tatiana Shioji Tiuman;Tânia Ueda-Nakamura;Diógenes Aparício Garcia Cortez;Benedito Prado Dias Filho

  • Antibacterial activity of indole alkaloids from Aspidosperma ramiflorum.

    J.C.A. Tanaka;C.C. da Silva;A.J.B. de Oliveira;C.V. Nakamura

  • Effect of Brazilian copaiba oils on Leishmania amazonensis.

    Adriana O. Santos;Tânia Ueda-Nakamura;Benedito P. Dias Filho;Benedito P. Dias Filho;Valdir F. Veiga Junior;Valdir F. Veiga Junior

  • Characteristics of biofilm formation by Candida tropicalis and antifungal resistance.

    Fernando César Bizerra;Celso Vataru Nakamura;Celina de Poersch;Terezinha Inez Estivalet Svidzinski

  • An evaluation of antibacterial activities of Psidium guajava (L.)

    Neviton Rogério Sanches;Diógenes Aparício Garcia Cortez;Michelle Simone Schiavini;Celso Vataru Nakamura

  • Microbiological, functional and rheological properties of low fat yogurt supplemented with Pleurotus ostreatus aqueous extract

    Ana Carolina Pelaes Vital;Priscila Akie Goto;Letícia Naomi Hanai;Sandra Maria Gomes-da-Costa

  • Influence of tannins from Stryphnodendron adstringens on growth and virulence factors of Candida albicans

    Kelly Ishida;João Carlos Palazzo de Mello;Diógenes Aparício Garcia Cortez;Benedito Prado Dias Filho

  • In vitro activity of the essential oil of Cymbopogon citratus and its major component (citral) on Leishmania amazonensis

    Marta Regina Santin;Adriana Oliveira dos Santos;Celso Vataru Nakamura;Celso Vataru Nakamura;Benedito Prado Dias Filho;Benedito Prado Dias Filho

  • Synergistic and Additive Effect of Oregano Essential Oil and Biological Silver Nanoparticles against Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Strains.

    Sara Scandorieiro;Larissa C. de Camargo;Cesar A. C. Lancheros;Sueli F. Yamada-Ogatta

  • Soybean ( Glycine max ) Root Lignification Induced by Ferulic Acid. The Possible Mode of Action

    W. D. dos Santos;M. L. L. Ferrarese;C. V. Nakamura;K. S. M. Mourão

  • Terpenes from Copaifera demonstrated in vitro antiparasitic and synergic activity.

    Erika Izumi;Tânia Ueda-Nakamura;Valdir F. Veiga;Angelo C. Pinto

  • Natural products and Chagas' disease: a review of plant compounds studied for activity against Trypanosoma cruzi

    Erika Izumi;Tânia Ueda-Nakamura;Benedito Prado Dias Filho;Benedito Prado Dias Filho;Valdir Florêncio Veiga Júnior

  • Comparison of the bacteriological quality of tap water and bottled mineral water.

    Marie Eliza Zamberlan da Silva;Rosangela Getirana Santana;Marcio Guilhermetti;Ivens Camargo Filho

  • Avaliação da atividade antibacteriana e antifúngica de extratos de plantas utilizados na medicina popular

    G.L. Pessini;F.B. Holetz;N.R. Sanches;D.A.G. Cortez

  • Microbiological quality of drinking water of urban and rural communities, Brazil

    Giovani Nogueira;Celso V Nakamura;Maria C B Tognim;Benício A Abreu Filho

  • Antioxidant capacity and in vitro prevention of dental plaque formation by extracts and condensed tannins of Paullinia cupana.

    Elza Yamaguti-Sasaki;Lia Akina Ito;Vanessa Cristina Dias Canteli;Tânia Mara Antonelli Ushirobira

Frequent Co-Authors

Benedito Prado Dias Filho
Benedito Prado Dias Filho State University of Maringa
Tânia Ueda-Nakamura
Tânia Ueda-Nakamura Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Edvani C. Muniz
Edvani C. Muniz State University of Maringa
Adley F. Rubira
Adley F. Rubira State University of Maringa
Rachel Auzély-Velty
Rachel Auzély-Velty Grenoble Alpes University
André R. Fajardo
André R. Fajardo Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Wanderley de Souza
Wanderley de Souza Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Redouane Borsali
Redouane Borsali Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jesuí Vergílio Visentainer
Jesuí Vergílio Visentainer State University of Maringa
Tewodros Asefa
Tewodros Asefa Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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