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Gabriel Mourente

Gabriel Mourente

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Biology and Biochemistry

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43
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5803
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Gabriel Mourente is affiliated with the University of Cádiz in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on aquatic systems.

Their work covers several subfields including Aquatic Science, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Immunology, and Physiology. Within these areas, Mourente's research topics encompass Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Birth, Development, and Health, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota, Reproductive Biology and Impacts on Aquatic Species, Selenium in Biological Systems, and Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies.

Key recent papers by Gabriel Mourente include:

  • Central and peripheral clocks in Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, L.): Daily rhythmicity of hepatic lipid metabolism and digestive genes, 2020, Aquaculture
  • Oils Derived from GM Crops as Sustainable Solutions to the Supply of Long-Chain Omega-3 for On-Growing Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus L.), 2022, Fishes
  • Molecular Antioxidant Functions are Enhanced in Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus Thynnus, L.) Larvae Fed Selenium-Enriched Rotifers Brachionus Rotundiformis, 2022, Antioxidants
  • Effects of temperature on embryonic development of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, L 1758) and Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda, Bloch 1793), 2024, Fisheries Research
  • Molecular and functional characterization of a SCD 1b from European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.), 2021, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Gabriel Mourente has published in various scientific journals, including:

  • Aquaculture
  • Fishes
  • Antioxidants
  • Fisheries Research
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Frequent collaborators in Mourente's research include Aurelio Ortega, F. de-la-Gándara, Mónica B. Betancor, Matthew Sprague, and Douglas R. Tocher. These collaborations contribute across multiple publications to the understanding of physiology and nutrition in aquatic species, particularly Atlantic bluefin tuna and related fish.

Best Publications

  • Partial substitution of fish oil with rapeseed, linseed and olive oils in diets for European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.): effects on flesh fatty acid composition, plasma prostaglandins E2 and F2α, immune function and effectiveness of a fish oil finishing diet

    G. Mourente;J.E. Good;J.G. Bell

  • Increased activities of hepatic antioxidant defence enzymes in juvenile gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.) fed dietary oxidised oil: attenuation by dietary vitamin E

    G Mourente;E Dı́az-Salvago;J.G Bell;D.R Tocher

  • Effects of dietary vitamin E on antioxidant defence mechanisms of juvenile turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.), halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) and sea bream (Sparus aurata L.)

    D.R. Tocher;G. Mourente;A. Van Der Eecken;J.O. Evjemo

  • Partial replacement of dietary fish oil with blends of vegetable oils (rapeseed, linseed and palm oils) in diets for European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) over a long term growth study: effects on muscle and liver fatty acid composition and effectiveness of a fish oil finishing diet.

    G. Mourente;J.G. Bell

  • Effect of partial substitution of dietary fish oil by vegetable oils on desaturation and β-oxidation of [1-14C]18:3n−3 (LNA) and [1-14C]20:5n−3 (EPA) in hepatocytes and enterocytes of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

    G. Mourente;J.R. Dick;J.G. Bell;D.R. Tocher

  • Effects of dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6n−3) on lipid and fatty acid compositions and growth in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.) larvae during first feeding

    Gabriel Mourente;Antonio Rodriguez;Douglas R Tocher;John R Sargent

  • Replacement of a large portion of fish oil by vegetable oils does not affect lipogenesis, lipid transport and tissue lipid uptake in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

    Nadège Richard;Gabriel Mourente;Sadasivam Kaushik;Geneviève Corraze

  • Biochemical composition and digestive enzyme activity in larvae and postlarvae ofPenaeus japonicus during herbivorous and carnivorous feeding

    A. Rodriguez;L. Le Vay;G. Mourente;D. A. Jones

  • Specific accumulation of docosahexaenoic acid (22∶6n−3) in brain lipids during development of juvenile turbotScophthalmus maximus L.

    Gabriel Mourente;Douglas R. Tocher;John R. Sargent

  • Effect of broodstock diets on lipid classes and their fatty acid composition in eggs of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.)

    G. Mourente;J. M. Odriozola

  • Comparative study of antioxidant defence mechanisms in marine fish fed variable levels of oxidised oil and vitamin E

    D.R. Tocher;G. Mourente;A. Van der Eecken;J.O. Evjemo

  • Relationships between antioxidants, antioxidant enzyme activities and lipid peroxidation products during early development in Dentex dentex eggs and larvae

    Gabriel Mourente;Douglas R Tocher;Esther Diaz;Amalia Grau

  • Lipids in female northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus L.) during sexual maturation

    Gabriel Mourente;César Megina;Esther Díaz-Salvago

  • Biochemical composition and fatty acid content of fertilized eggs, yolk sac stage larvae and first-feeding larvae of the Senegal sole Solea senegalensis Kaup

    R. Vázquez;S. González;A. Rodríguez;G. Mourente

  • Changes in the content of total lipid, lipid classes and their fatty acids of developing eggs and unfed larvae of the Senegal sole,Solea senegalensis Kaup.

    Gabriel Mourente;Rosa Vázquez

  • Effects of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid/vitamin E (PUFA/tocopherol ratio on antioxidant defence mechanisms of juvenile gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L., Osteichthyes, Sparidae)).

    G. Mourente;E. Díaz-Salvago;D. R. Tocher;J. G. Bell

  • In vivo metabolism of [1-14C]linolenic acid (18:3(n − 3)) and [1-14C]eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5(n − 3)) in a marine fish: Time-course of the desaturation/elongation pathway

    Gabriel Mourente;Douglas R. Tocher;Douglas R. Tocher

  • Molecular and functional characterization and expression analysis of a Δ6 fatty acyl desaturase cDNA of European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.).

    Almudena González-Rovira;Gabriel Mourente;Xiaozhong Zheng;Douglas R. Tocher

  • Effects of partial substitution of dietary fish oil with blends of vegetable oils, on blood leucocyte fatty acid compositions, immune function and histology in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L).

    Gabriel Mourente;Joanne E Good;Kimberly Thompson;J Gordon Bell

  • Metabolism of [1‐14C]docosahexaenoate (22∶6n−3), [1‐14C]eicosapentaenoate (20∶5n−3) and [1‐14C]linolenate (18∶3n−3) in brain cells from juvenile turbotScophthalmus maximus

    Douglas R. Tocher;Gabriel Mourente;John R. Sargent

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas R. Tocher
Douglas R. Tocher Shantou University
John R. Sargent
John R. Sargent University of Stirling
James R. Dick
James R. Dick University of Stirling
Amalia Grau
Amalia Grau Estácio (Brazil)
J. Gordon Bell
J. Gordon Bell University of Stirling
Yngvar Olsen
Yngvar Olsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Juan Carlos Navarro
Juan Carlos Navarro Spanish National Research Council
Geneviève Corraze
Geneviève Corraze University of Pau and the Adour Region
Sadasivam Kaushik
Sadasivam Kaushik University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Lewis Le Vay
Lewis Le Vay Bangor University

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