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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
97
Citations
41204
World Ranking
1444
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Brazil Leader Award
  • 1983 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Nelson Durán is affiliated with the State University of Campinas in Brazil. Their research spans primarily across Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with focused subfields including Molecular Biology, Oncology, Surgery, Biotechnology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Durán's scholarly output covers numerous topics, highlighting expertise in:

  • Microbial Metabolism and Applications
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
  • Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection

The scientist has published recently in various peer-reviewed venues, including:

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Molecules
  • Bioengineered
  • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Covid-19 Automated Diagnosis and Risk Assessment through Metabolomics and Machine Learning," 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • "New Sustainable Process for Hesperidin Isolation and Anti-Ageing Effects of Hesperidin Nanocrystals," 2020, Molecules
  • "Prodigiosin: a promising biomolecule with many potential biomedical applications," 2022, Bioengineered
  • "Multi-target drug with potential applications: violacein in the spotlight," 2021, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • "Biogenic silver nanoparticles: In vitro and in vivo antitumor activity in bladder cancer," 2020, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research include:

  • Wagner José Fávaro
  • Adriana Eguti
  • Bianca Ribeiro de Souza
  • Jeany Delafiori
  • Guillermo R. Castro

Durán has published multiple articles in several key venues such as Tissue and Cell, Journal of Clinical Oncology, SSRN Electronic Journal, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society. This pattern reflects a multidisciplinary approach to topics in medicine and molecular sciences.

In 1983, the scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, an award highlighting academic contributions.

Best Publications

  • Silver nanoparticles: A new view on mechanistic aspects on antimicrobial activity

    Nelson Durán;Marcela Durán;Marcelo Bispo de Jesus;Amedea B. Seabra

  • Mechanistic aspects of biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles by several Fusarium oxysporum strains.

    Nelson Durán;Nelson Durán;Priscyla D. Marcato;Oswaldo L. Alves;Gabriel I.H. De Souza

  • Antibacterial Effect of Silver Nanoparticles Produced by Fungal Process on Textile Fabrics and Their Effluent Treatment

    Nelson Durán;Priscyla D. Marcato;Gabriel I. H. De Souza;Oswaldo L. Alves

  • Potential applications of oxidative enzymes and phenoloxidase-like compounds in wastewater and soil treatment: a review

    Nelson Durán;Elisa Esposito

  • Applications of laccases and tyrosinases (phenoloxidases) immobilized on different supports: a review

    Nelson Durán;Nelson Durán;Maria A Rosa;Alessandro D’Annibale;Liliana Gianfreda

  • Phenolic compounds and total antioxidant potential of commercial wines

    Rosana C Minussi;Massimo Rossi;Luciano Bologna;Lı́via Cordi

  • Nanotoxicity of graphene and graphene oxide.

    Amedea B. Seabra;Amauri J. Paula;Amauri J. Paula;Renata de Lima;Oswaldo L. Alves

  • Novas tendências no tratamento de efluentes têxteis

    Airton Kunz;Patricio Peralta-Zamora;Sandra Gomes de Moraes;Nelson Durán

  • Semiconductor-assisted photocatalytic degradation of reactive dyes in aqueous solution.

    Carlos A.K. Gouvêa;Fernando Wypych;Sandra G. Moraes;Nelson Durán

  • Exploitation of Aspergillus niger for Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles

    A. K. Gade;P. Bonde;A. P. Ingle;P. D. Marcato

  • Potential applications of laccase in the food industry

    Rosana C Minussi;Gláucia M Pastore;Nelson Durán;Nelson Durán

  • Silver nanoparticles: a brief review of cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of chemically and biogenically synthesized nanoparticles

    Renata de Lima;Amedea B. Seabra;Nelson Durán;Nelson Durán

  • Potential use of silver nanoparticles on pathogenic bacteria, their toxicity and possible mechanisms of action

    Nelson Durán;Priscyla D. Marcato;Roseli De Conti;Oswaldo L. Alves

  • Bioactivity, mechanism of action, and cytotoxicity of copper-based nanoparticles: A review

    Avinash P. Ingle;Nelson Duran;Nelson Duran;Mahendra Rai;Mahendra Rai

  • Mechanistic aspects in the biogenic synthesis of extracellular metal nanoparticles by peptides, bacteria, fungi, and plants

    Nelson Durán;Nelson Durán;Priscyla D. Marcato;Marcela Durán;Alka Yadav

  • Broad-spectrum bioactivities of silver nanoparticles: the emerging trends and future prospects

    Mahendra Rai;Mahendra Rai;Kateryna Kon;Avinash Ingle;Nelson Duran;Nelson Duran

  • In vitro antifungal efficacy of copper nanoparticles against selected crop pathogenic fungi

    Prachi Kanhed;Sonal Birla;Swapnil Gaikwad;Aniket Gade

  • Silver nanoparticles: Toxicity in model organisms as an overview of its hazard for human health and the environment

    G.R. Tortella;O. Rubilar;N. Durán;M.C. Diez

  • Electrochemically assisted photocatalytic degradation of reactive dyes

    Ronaldo Pelegrini;Patricio Peralta-Zamora;Adalgisa R de Andrade;Juan Reyes

  • Silver nanoparticle protein corona and toxicity: a mini-review

    Nelson Durán;Camila P. Silveira;Marcela Durán;Diego Stéfani T. Martinez

  • Novas tendências para o tratamento de resíduos industriais contendo espécies organocloradas

    Renato Sanches Freire;Ronaldo Pelegrini;Lauro T. Kubota;Nelson Durán

Frequent Co-Authors

Mahendra Rai
Mahendra Rai Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University
Oswaldo Luiz Alves
Oswaldo Luiz Alves State University of Campinas
Lauro T. Kubota
Lauro T. Kubota State University of Campinas
Guillermo R. Castro
Guillermo R. Castro Universidade Federal do ABC
Etelvino J. H. Bechara
Etelvino J. H. Bechara Universidade de São Paulo
Waldemar Adam
Waldemar Adam University of Würzburg
Glaucia Maria Pastore
Glaucia Maria Pastore State University of Campinas
Maikel P. Peppelenbosch
Maikel P. Peppelenbosch Erasmus University Rotterdam
Solange L. de Castro
Solange L. de Castro Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Celso Vataru Nakamura
Celso Vataru Nakamura State University of Maringa

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