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Overview

Mário Pacheco is affiliated with the University of Aveiro in Portugal. Their primary research areas span Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with 52 and 29 publications respectively. Within these fields, their work further specializes in subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Aquatic Science, Pollution, Global and Planetary Change, and Immunology.

The scientist's main research topics include Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota, Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies, and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mário Pacheco include Sofia Guilherme, Ana Marques, C.L. Mieiro, Ana Carvalhais, and Raquel Marçal. These collaborations have contributed to a significant portion of the body of work produced.

Their publications appear frequently in several scientific venues, including Aquatic Toxicology, Animals, Toxics, Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, and Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Mário Pacheco are:

  • Measuring DNA modifications with the comet assay: a compendium of protocols, 2023, Nature Protocols
  • Mild Effects of Sunscreen Agents on a Marine Flatfish: Oxidative Stress, Energetic Profiles, Neurotoxicity and Behaviour in Response to Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles and Oxybenzone, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • DNA damage and oxidative stress responses of mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis to paralytic shellfish toxins under warming and acidification conditions - Elucidation on the organ-specificity, 2020, Aquatic Toxicology
  • DNA of crayfish spermatozoa as a target of waterborne pesticides - An ex vivo approach as a tool to short-term spermiotoxicity screening, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Organ-Specific Metabolome Deciphering Cell Pathways to Cope with Mercury in Wild Fish (Golden Grey Mullet Chelon auratus), 2021, Animals

Best Publications

  • Modulation of glutathione and its related enzymes in plants’ responses to toxic metals and metalloids—A review

    Naser A. Anjum;Iqbal Ahmad;Iram Mohmood;Mário Pacheco

  • Biotransformation, genotoxic, and histopathological effects of environmental contaminants in European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.)

    Mário Pacheco;Maria Ana Santos

  • Biotransformation, endocrine, and genetic responses of Anguilla anguilla L. to petroleum distillate products and environmentally contaminated waters.

    Mário Pacheco;Maria Ana Santos

  • Oxidative stress and genotoxic effects in gill and kidney of Anguilla anguilla L. exposed to chromium with or without pre-exposure to β-naphthoflavone

    Iqbal Ahmad;V.L. Maria;M. Oliveira;M. Pacheco

  • Enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants as an adaptation to phagocyte-induced damage in Anguilla anguilla L. following in situ harbor water exposure.

    Iqbal Ahmad;M Pacheco;M.A Santos

  • DNA damage in fish (Anguilla anguilla) exposed to a glyphosate-based herbicide -- elucidation of organ-specificity and the role of oxidative stress.

    S. Guilherme;I. Gaivão;M.A. Santos;M. Pacheco

  • Contamination assessment of a coastal lagoon (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal) using defence and damage biochemical indicators in gill of Liza aurata – An integrated biomarker approach

    M. Oliveira;V.L. Maria;I. Ahmad;A. Serafim

  • Inside the Redbox: Applications of haematology in wildlife monitoring and ecosystem health assessment

    Alberto Maceda-Veiga;Alberto Maceda-Veiga;Jordi Figuerola;Albert Martínez-Silvestre;Ginés Viscor

  • The Comet Assay and its applications in the field of ecotoxicology: a mature tool that continues to expand its perspectives

    Joaquín de Lapuente;Joana Lourenço;Sónia A. Mendo;Miquel Borràs

  • Insights into the mechanisms underlying mercury-induced oxidative stress in gills of wild fish (Liza aurata) combining (1)H NMR metabolomics and conventional biochemical assays.

    Tiziana Cappello;Fátima Brandão;Sofia Guilherme;Maria Ana Santos

  • Induction of Liver EROD and Erythrocytic Nuclear Abnormalities by Cyclophosphamide and PAHs inAnguilla anguillaL.

    M. Pacheco;M.A. Santos

  • European eel (Anguilla anguilla) genotoxic and pro-oxidant responses following short-term exposure to Roundup--a glyphosate-based herbicide.

    S. Guilherme;I. Gaivão;M. A. Santos;M. Pacheco

  • Erythrocytic nuclear abnormalities in wild and caged fish (Liza aurata) along an environmental mercury contamination gradient.

    S. Guilherme;M. Válega;M.E. Pereira;M.A. Santos

  • Induction of EROD Activity and Genotoxic Effects by Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Resin Acids on the Juvenile Eel (Anguilla anguillaL.)

    M. Pacheco;M.A. Santos

  • Organ specific antioxidant responses in golden grey mullet (Liza aurata) following a short-term exposure to phenanthrene.

    M. Oliveira;M. Pacheco;M.A. Santos

  • Unravelling the mechanisms of mercury hepatotoxicity in wild fish (Liza aurata) through a triad approach: bioaccumulation, metabolomic profiles and oxidative stress

    Fátima Brandão;Tiziana Cappello;Joana Raimundo;Maria Ana Santos

  • Anguilla anguilla L. oxidative stress biomarkers responses to copper exposure with or without β-naphthoflavone pre-exposure

    Iqbal Ahmad;Miguel Oliveira;Mário Pacheco;Maria Ana Santos

  • Anguilla anguilla L. oxidative stress biomarkers: an in situ study of freshwater wetland ecosystem (Pateira de Fermentelos, Portugal).

    Iqbal Ahmad;Mário Pacheco;Maria Ana Santos

  • Mercury distribution in key tissues of fish (Liza aurata) inhabiting a contaminated estuary-implications for human and ecosystem health risk assessment.

    Cláudia Leopoldina Mieiro;Mário Pacheco;Maria Eduarda Pereira;Armando Costa Duarte

  • Differential genotoxicity of Roundup ® formulation and its constituents in blood cells of fish ( Anguilla anguilla ): considerations on chemical interactions and DNA damaging mechanisms

    S. Guilherme;M. A. Santos;C. Barroso;I. Gaivão

Frequent Co-Authors

Armando C. Duarte
Armando C. Duarte University of Aveiro
Eduarda Pereira
Eduarda Pereira University of Aveiro
Carlos Vale
Carlos Vale University of Porto
Naser A. Anjum
Naser A. Anjum Aligarh Muslim University
João Canário
João Canário Instituto Superior Técnico
Maria João Bebianno
Maria João Bebianno University of Algarve
Marina Dolbeth
Marina Dolbeth University of Porto
Sarvajeet Singh Gill
Sarvajeet Singh Gill Maharshi Dayanand University
Nafees A. Khan
Nafees A. Khan Aligarh Muslim University
Miguel A. Pardal
Miguel A. Pardal University of Coimbra

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