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Maria Maddalena Storelli

Maria Maddalena Storelli

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Environmental Sciences

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49
Citations
7576
World Ranking
5329
National Ranking
95

Overview

Maria Maddalena Storelli is a researcher affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy. Their work primarily falls under the field of Environmental Science, with a concentration on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. A significant portion of their research focuses on the impact and presence of heavy metals in the environment and their effects on human health and food safety.

The scientist has contributed to studies involving heavy metal exposure and toxicity, mercury impact and mitigation, and toxic organic pollutants. Specific research topics include:

  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Selenium in Biological Systems
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

Their recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on mercury, methylmercury, selenium, and trace metals in fish, relating to both environmental contamination and consumer safety. Notable papers include:

  • "Levels of Mercury, Methylmercury and Selenium in Fish: Insights into Children Food Safety" (2021) published in Toxics
  • "Occurrence of trace metals in fish from South Italy: Assessment risk to consumer's health" (2020) published in Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
  • "Polychlorinated dioxins, furans (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dl-PCBs) in food from Italy: Estimates of dietary intake and assessment" (2021) published in Journal of Food Science
  • "Determination of Mercury, Methylmercury and Selenium Concentrations in Elasmobranch Meat: Fish Consumption Safety" (2022) published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Residual Levels of Mercury, Cadmium, Lead and Arsenic in Some Commercially Key Species from Italian Coasts (Adriatic Sea): Focus on Human Health" (2022) published in Toxics

The venues frequently publishing their work include:

  • Toxics
  • Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
  • Journal of Food Science
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Biophysical Chemistry

Collaboration plays an important role in their research output. Frequent co-authors across multiple papers include:

  • Grazia Barone
  • A. Storelli
  • Rita Garofalo
  • Antonio Busco
  • Daniela Meleleo

Overall, the scientific work of Maria Maddalena Storelli revolves around assessing environmental pollutants, especially heavy metals and their biological implications, aiming to understand and mitigate risks related to food safety and human health.

Best Publications

  • Potential human health risks from metals (Hg, Cd, and Pb) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) via seafood consumption: estimation of target hazard quotients (THQs) and toxic equivalents (TEQs).

    M.M. Storelli

  • Increase in ascorbate-glutathione metabolism as local and precocious systemic responses induced by cadmium in durum wheat plants.

    Annalisa Paradiso;Rosalia Berardino;Maria C. de Pinto;Luigi Sanità di Toppi

  • Accumulation of mercury, cadmium, lead and arsenic in swordfish and bluefin tuna from the Mediterranean Sea: a comparative study.

    M.M. Storelli;R. Giacominelli-Stuffler;A. Storelli;G.O. Marcotrigiano

  • Trace elements in loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) from the eastern Mediterranean Sea: overview and evaluation

    M.M. Storelli;A. Storelli;R. D'Addabbo;C. Marano

  • Total and methylmercury residues in tuna-fish from the Mediterranean sea.

    M. M. Storelli;R. Giacominelli Stuffler;G. O. Marcotrigiano

  • Polychlorinated biphenyl, heavy metal and methylmercury residues in hammerhead sharks: contaminant status and assessment

    M.M. Storelli;E. Ceci;A. Storelli;G.O. Marcotrigiano

  • Mercury speciation in the muscle of two commercially important fish, hake (Merluccius merluccius) and striped mullet (Mullus barbatus) from the Mediterranean sea: estimated weekly intake

    M.M Storelli;A Storelli;R Giacominelli-Stuffler;G.O Marcotrigiano

  • Heavy metal residues in tissues of marine turtles

    M.M Storelli;G.O Marcotrigiano

  • Heavy metals in the aquatic environment of the Southern Adriatic Sea, Italy: macroalgae, sediments and benthic species.

    M.M. Storelli;A. Storelli;G.O. Marcotrigiano

  • Occurrence of toxic metals (Hg, Cd and Pb) in fresh and canned tuna: Public health implications

    Maria Maddalena Storelli;Grazia Barone;Giuseppe Cuttone;D Giungato

  • Mercury accumulation and speciation in muscle tissue of different species of sharks from Mediterranean Sea, Italy.

    M. M. Storelli;R. Giacominelli-Stuffler;G. Marcotrigiano

  • Total and methylmercury residues in cartilaginous fish from Mediterranean Sea.

    M.M Storelli;R Giacominelli-Stuffler;G.O Marcotrigiano

  • Interspecific variation in total arsenic body concentrations in elasmobranch fish from the Mediterranean Sea

    M.M Storelli;G.O Marcotrigiano

  • Trace metals in tissues of mugilids (Mugil auratus, Mugil capito, and Mugil labrosus) from the Mediterranean Sea.

    M. M. Storelli;G. Barone;A. Storelli;G. O. Marcotrigiano

  • Total mercury levels in muscle tissue of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) from the Mediterranean Sea (Italy).

    Maria Maddalena Storelli;G. O. Marcotrigiano

  • Assessment of mercury and cadmium via seafood consumption in Italy: estimated dietary intake (EWI) and target hazard quotient (THQ).

    Grazia Barone;Arianna Storelli;Rita Garofalo;Vito Pietro Busco

  • Mercury speciation and relationship between mercury and selenium in liver of Galeus melastomus from the Mediterranean sea

    M. M. Storelli;G. O. Marcotrigiano

  • Distribution of Heavy Metal Residues in Some Tissues of Caretta caretta (Linnaeus) Specimen Beached Along the Adriatic Sea (Italy)

    M. M. Storelli;E. Ceci;G. O. Marcotrigiano

  • Bioindicator organisms: heavy metal pollution evaluation in the Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea--Italy).

    Maria M. Storelli;Giuseppe O. Marcotrigiano

  • Anthropogenic and naturally occurring organobrominated compounds in two deep-sea fish species from the Mediterranean Sea.

    Adrian Covaci;Sara Losada;Laurence Roosens;Walter Vetter

  • Toxic metals (Hg, Pb, and Cd) in commercially important demersal fish from Mediterranean sea: contamination levels and dietary exposure assessment.

    Maria M. Storelli;Grazia Barone

  • Metals and organochlorine compounds in eel (Anguilla anguilla) from the Lesina lagoon, Adriatic Sea (Italy)

    Maria Maddalena Storelli;Grazia Barone;R Garofalo;G. O. Marcotrigiano

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauro Maccarrone
Mauro Maccarrone University of L'Aquila
Laura De Gara
Laura De Gara Università Campus Bio-Medico
Hugo Neels
Hugo Neels University of Antwerp
Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp
Angela Di Cesare
Angela Di Cesare University of Teramo
Donato Traversa
Donato Traversa University of Teramo
Thomas Geurden
Thomas Geurden Zoetis (United States)
Walter Vetter
Walter Vetter University of Hohenheim

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