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Marcelo Hermes-Lima

Marcelo Hermes-Lima

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
42
Citations
8572
World Ranking
19462
National Ranking
117

Overview

Marcelo Hermes-Lima is affiliated with the University of Brasília in Brazil. Their research encompasses environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on various subfields including ecology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, insect science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and physiology.

The main topics of their scientific work include physiological and biochemical adaptations, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, ocean acidification effects and responses, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, redox biology and oxidative stress, neurobiology and insect physiology research, and studies on high altitude and hypoxia.

Marcelo Hermes-Lima has contributed to multiple publications, some of which are:

  • Preparation for oxidative stress in Proceratophrys cristiceps (Anura, Odontophrynidae) naturally estivating in the Brazilian Caatinga, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Changes in metabolism and antioxidant systems during tropical diapause in the sunflower caterpillar Chlosyne lacinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), 2021, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • REVIEW: Evidence supporting the 'preparation for oxidative stress' (POS) strategy in animals in their natural environment, 2024, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology
  • Metabolic and Redox Biomarkers in Skeletal Muscle Underlie Physiological Adaptations of Two Estivating Anuran Species in a South American Semi-arid Environment, 2021, Frontiers in Physiology
  • Glutathione Depletion Disrupts Redox Homeostasis in an Anoxia-Tolerant Invertebrate, 2023, Antioxidants

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Marcelo Hermes-Lima include:

  • Daniel C. Moreira
  • Juan M. Carvajalino-Fernández
  • Maximiliano Giraud-Billoud
  • Felipe Torres Brasil Kuzniewski
  • Marina Minari

The scientist's work is regularly published in venues such as:

  • Antioxidants
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Best Publications

  • Animal response to drastic changes in oxygen availability and physiological oxidative stress.

    Marcelo Hermes-Lima;Tania Zenteno-Savı́n

  • Quantification of lipid peroxidation in tissue extracts based on Fe(III)xylenol orange complex formation

    Marcelo Hermes-Lima;William G. Willmore;Kenneth B. Storey

  • Oxidative stress and antioxidant defenses in goldfish Carassius auratus during anoxia and reoxygenation

    Volodymyr I. Lushchak;Ludmyla P. Lushchak;Alice A. Mota;Marcelo Hermes-Lima

  • Antioxidant defenses and metabolic depression. The hypothesis of preparation for oxidative stress in land snails

    Marcelo Hermes-Lima;Janet M. Storey;Kenneth B. Storey

  • Role of redox metabolism for adaptation of aquatic animals to drastic changes in oxygen availability

    Alexis F. Welker;Daniel C. Moreira;Élida G. Campos;Marcelo Hermes-Lima

  • Preparation for oxidative stress under hypoxia and metabolic depression: Revisiting the proposal two decades later.

    Marcelo Hermes-Lima;Daniel C. Moreira;Georgina A. Rivera-Ingraham;Maximiliano Giraud-Billoud

  • Are free radicals involved in lead poisoning

    M. Hermes-Lima;B. Pereira;E. J. H. Bechara

  • Antioxidant Activity of Caffeic Acid against Iron-Induced Free Radical Generation—A Chemical Approach

    Thiago C. Genaro-Mattos;Ângelo Q. Maurício;Daniel Rettori;Antonio Alonso

  • Antioxidant defenses in the tolerance of freezing and anoxia by garter snakes.

    M. Hermes-Lima;K. B. Storey

  • Damage to rat liver mitochondria promoted by δ-aminolevulinic acid-generated reactive oxygen species: connections with acute intermittent porphyria and lead-poisoning

    Marcelo Hermes-Lima;Valderez G.R. Valle;Anibal E. Vercesi;Etelvino J.H. Bechara

  • A Free Radical Hypothesis of Lead Poisoning and Inborn Porphyrias Associated with 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Overload

    E. J. H. Bechara;M. H. G. Medeiros;H. P. Monteiro;M. Hermes-Lima

  • Chapter 20 Antioxidant defenses and animal adaptation to oxygen availability during environmental stress

    Marcelo Hermes-Lima;Janet M. Storey;Kenneth B. Storey

  • Antioxidant defenses and metabolic depression in a pulmonate land snail

    M. Hermes-Lima;K. B. Storey

  • Twenty years of the 'Preparation for Oxidative Stress' (POS) theory: Ecophysiological advantages and molecular strategies.

    Maximiliano Giraud-Billoud;Georgina A. Rivera-Ingraham;Daniel C. Moreira;Thorsten Burmester

  • Hypometabolism, antioxidant defenses and free radical metabolism in the pulmonate land snail Helix aspersa.

    Gabriella R. Ramos-Vasconcelos;Marcelo Hermes-Lima

  • Hypoxia Tolerance in Animals: Biology and Application*

    T A Gorr;D Wichmann;J Hu;M Hermes-Lima

  • Relationship between anoxia exposure and antioxidant status in the frog Rana pipiens.

    M. Hermes-Lima;K. B. Storey

  • Physiological oxidative stress after arousal from hibernation in Arctic ground squirrel.

    Adrienne L. Orr;Lonita A. Lohse;Kelly L. Drew;Marcelo Hermes-Lima

  • Role of antioxidant defenses in the tolerance of severe dehydration by anurans. The case of the leopard frog Rana pipiens.

    Marcelo Hermes-Lima;Kenneth B. Storey

  • Calcium-dependent mitochondrial oxidative damage promoted by 5-aminolevulinic acid.

    Marcelo Hermes-Lima;Roger F. Castilho;Valderez G.R. Valle;Etelvino J.H. Bechara

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth B. Storey
Kenneth B. Storey Carleton University
Anibal E. Vercesi
Anibal E. Vercesi State University of Campinas
Prem Ponka
Prem Ponka McGill University
Etelvino J. H. Bechara
Etelvino J. H. Bechara Universidade de São Paulo
Roger F. Castilho
Roger F. Castilho State University of Campinas
Janet M. Storey
Janet M. Storey Carleton University
Carlos A. Navas
Carlos A. Navas Universidade de São Paulo
Volodymyr I. Lushchak
Volodymyr I. Lushchak Carleton University
Marisa H. G. Medeiros
Marisa H. G. Medeiros Universidade de São Paulo
Sergio T. Ferreira
Sergio T. Ferreira Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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