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João Antonio Pêgas Henriques

João Antonio Pêgas Henriques

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Biology and Biochemistry
Brazil
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
17197
World Ranking
4879
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

João Antonio Pêgas Henriques is affiliated with the University of Caxias Do Sul in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, and Cancer Research. Additional interests include Infectious Diseases and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's work covers various main topics including Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Bee Products Chemical Analysis, Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds, and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Mariana Roesch-Ely, Juliana da Silva, Milton Quintana-Sosa, Cristiano Trindade, and Grethel León-Mejía.

Henriques has published extensively in several journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis
  • Scientific Reports
  • Advances in Biological Chemistry

Some of the recent papers authored by Henriques include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 mutations in Brazil: from genomics to putative clinical conditions, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • The combination of Brazilian red propolis and recombinant protein rCP01850 in the immunoprophylaxis of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in mice, 2020, Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Cytokinesis-block micronucleus cytome (CBMN-CYT) assay biomarkers and telomere length analysis in relation to inorganic elements in individuals exposed to welding fumes, 2021, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • ZnO nanoparticles alter redox metabolism of Limnoperna fortunei, 2021, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Nile Red Incubation Time Before Reading Fluorescence Greatly Influences the Yeast Neutral Lipids Quantification, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Phenolic content and antioxidant activities of white and purple juices manufactured with organically- or conventionally-produced grapes.

    C. Dani;L.S. Oliboni;R. Vanderlinde;D. Bonatto

  • Chemical characterization, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of Brazilian red propolis.

    Caroline Olivieri da Silva Frozza;Charlene Silvestrin Celi Garcia;Gabriela Gambato;Marcia Denize Oliveira de Souza

  • Pharmacological evidences for the extracts and secondary metabolites from plants of the genus Hibiscus

    Elemar Gomes Maganha;Rafael da Costa Halmenschlager;Renato Moreira Rosa;João Antonio Pegas Henriques;João Antonio Pegas Henriques

  • Pathways of cardiac toxicity: comparison between chemotherapeutic drugs doxorubicin and mitoxantrone.

    Roberto Marques Damiani;Roberto Marques Damiani;Dinara Jaqueline Moura;Cassiana Macagnan Viau;Rafael Andrade Caceres

  • ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF pso MUTANTS SENSITIVE TO PHOTO-ADDITION OF PSORALEN DERIVATIVES IN SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

    J. A. P. Henriques;E. Moustacchi

  • Novel keratinase from Bacillus subtilis S14 exhibiting remarkable dehairing capabilities.

    Alexandre J. Macedo;Walter O. Beys da Silva;Renata Gava;David Driemeier

  • Reviewing and updating the major molecular markers for stem cells.

    Raquel Calloni;Elvira Alicia Aparicio Cordero;João Antonio Pêgas Henriques;Diego Bonatto

  • DNA damage and repair in haemolymph cells of golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) exposed to environmental contaminants.

    Izabel Vianna Villela;Iuri Marques de Oliveira;Juliana da Silva;Juliana da Silva;João Antonio Pêgas Henriques;João Antonio Pêgas Henriques

  • Characterization of a bacteriocin-like substance produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens isolated from the Brazilian Atlantic forest.

    Márcia P. Lisboa;Diego Bonatto;Delmar Bizani;João A.P. Henriques

  • Replication and homologous recombination repair regulate DNA double-strand break formation by the antitumor alkylator ecteinascidin 743

    Daniele Grazziotin Soares;Alexandre E. Escargueil;Virginie Poindessous;Alain Sarasin

  • Identification of multiple strains of Staphylococcus aureus colonizing nasal mucosa of food handlers

    M. Acco;F.S. Ferreira;J.A.P. Henriques;E.C. Tondo

  • Antioxidant properties of β-carboline alkaloids are related to their antimutagenic and antigenotoxic activities

    Dinara Jaqueline Moura;Marc François Richter;Jane Marlei Boeira;João Antonio Pêgas Henriques;João Antonio Pêgas Henriques

  • Chemical Composition and Biological Activity of Extracts Obtained by Supercritical Extraction and Ethanolic Extraction of Brown, Green and Red Propolis Derived from Different Geographic Regions in Brazil

    Bruna Aparecida Souza Machado;Rejane Pina Dantas Silva;Gabriele de Abreu Barreto;Samantha Serra Costa

  • PARPs and the DNA damage response

    Fabricio G. Sousa;Renata Matuo;Daniele Grazziotin Soares;Daniele Grazziotin Soares;Alexandre E. Escargueil;Alexandre E. Escargueil

  • Genotoxic effects of copper sulphate in freshwater planarian in vivo, studied with the single-cell gel test (comet assay).

    Temenouga Guecheva;João A.P Henriques;Bernardo Erdtmann

  • Aqueous extracts of Lentinula edodes and Pleurotus sajor-caju exhibit high antioxidant capability and promising in vitro antitumor activity.

    T.C. Finimundy;G. Gambato;R. Fontana;M. Camassola

  • Cytostatic, cytotoxic and mutagenic effects of voacristine, an indole alkaloid in wild-type and repair-deficient yeasts

    A.A. Melo;C.B. Querol;A.T. Henriques;A.T. Henriques;J.A.P. Henriques

  • Mutagenic activity detected by the Ames test in river water under the influence of petrochemical industries

    V.M.F. Vargas;V.E.P. Motta;J.A.P. Henriques

  • Screening of plants used in south Brazilian folk medicine.

    C.B. Alice;V.M.F. Vargas;G.A.A.B. Silva;N.C.S. de Siqueira

  • THE EFFECTS OF THREE PSO GENES ON INDUCED MUTAGENESIS: A NOVEL CLASS OF MUTATIONALLY DEFECTIVE YEAST

    C. Cassier;R. Chanet;J. A. P. Henriques;E. Moustacchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Roesler
Rafael Roesler Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
José Cláudio Fonseca Moreira
José Cláudio Fonseca Moreira Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Letícia V. Costa-Lotufo
Letícia V. Costa-Lotufo Universidade de São Paulo
Cláudia Pessoa
Cláudia Pessoa Universidade Federal do Ceará
Manoel Odorico de Moraes
Manoel Odorico de Moraes Universidade Federal do Ceará
Marco Antônio Záchia Ayub
Marco Antônio Záchia Ayub Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Alain Sarasin
Alain Sarasin Institut Gustave Roussy
Carlos Frederico Martins Menck
Carlos Frederico Martins Menck Universidade de São Paulo
Antonio L. Braga
Antonio L. Braga Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Felipe Dal-Pizzol
Felipe Dal-Pizzol Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense

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