Search Results - "Carreira, R S"

A baseline evaluation of PAH body burden in sardines from the southern Brazilian shelf by Massone, C.G., Santos, A.A., Ferreira, P.G., Carreira, R.S.

“…The concentrations of 37 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their potential risk to human health were determined in fifty sardine muscle (Sardinella…”
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Evaluation of the influence of urbanization processes using mangrove and fecal markers in recent organic matter in a tropical tidal flat estuary by Grilo, C.F., Neto, R.R., Vicente, M.A., de Castro, E.V.R., Figueira, R.C.L., Carreira, R.S.

“…•Sediment cores were collected from a polluted tropical tidal flat estuary.•Cores were evaluated to track the influence of recent urbanization processes on the…”
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Distribution and characterization of organic matter using lipid biomarkers: A case study in a pristine tropical bay in NE Brazil by Carreira, R.S., Cordeiro, L.G.M.S., Bernardes, M.C., Hatje, V.

“…Lipid biomarkers (sterols, alcohols and taraxerol) were quantified in 30 surface sediments from the Camamu Bay (CB), NE Brazil, with the aim of evaluating the…”
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PAHs in franciscana dolphins from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: Concentration and maternal transfer assessments by Santos-Neto, E.B., Manhães, B.M.R., Oliveira-Ferreira, N., Cordeiro, C.V.S., Corrêa, C.A.C., Brião, J.A., Guari, E.B., Botta, S., Colosio, A.C., Ramos, H.G.C., Barbosa, L.A., Bertozzi, C., Cunha, I.A.G., Carreira, R.S., Meire, R.O., Bisi, T.L., Azevedo, A.F., Cunha, H.A., Lailson-Brito, J.

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic compounds ubiquitous in the environment and known for their toxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic effects…”
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Mitochondrial K+ transport and cardiac protection during ischemia/reperfusion by Carreira, R S, Facundo, H T F, Kowaltowski, A J

“…Mitochondrial ion transport, oxidative phosphorylation, redox balance, and physical integrity are key factors in tissue survival following potentially damaging…”
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Sterols as markers of sewage contamination in a tropical urban estuary (Guanabara Bay, Brazil): space–time variations by Carreira, Renato S., Wagener, Angela L.R., Readman, James W.

“…Guanabara Bay, located adjacent to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, is highly contaminated by substances derived from domestic and industrial effluents as well as…”
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Speciation of sewage derived phosphorus in coastal sediments from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Carreira, Renato S., Wagener, Angela De L.R.

“…Phosphorus speciation was performed in sediments and waters from an area of 20 km 2 under the influence of untreated sewage released via a submarine outfall…”
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Changes in the sedimentary organic carbon pool of a fertilized tropical estuary, Guanabara Bay, Brazil: an elemental, isotopic and molecular marker approach by Carreira, Renato S., Wagener, Angela L.R., Readman, James W., Fileman, Tim W., Macko, Stephen A., Veiga, Álvaro

“…Sediments from Guanabara Bay, sampled as short-cores (50–60 cm) from eight stations, were analysed for the elemental (C and N), isotopic ( δ 13C and δ 15N) and…”
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Carvedilol: just another Beta-blocker or a powerful cardioprotector? by Carreira, R S, Monteiro, P, Gon Alves, L M, Providência, L A

“…Beta-blockers have been used to treat ischemic heart disease, due to negative chronotropic and inotropic properties, thus inducing a decrease in myocardial…”
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Contrasting late-glacial paleoceanographic evolution between the upper and lower continental slope of the western South Atlantic by Luz, Leticia G, Santos, Thiago P, Eglinton, Timothy I, Montluçon, Daniel, Ausin, Blanca, Haghipour, Negar, Sousa, Silvia M, Nagai, Renata H, Carreira, Renato S

“…The number of sedimentary records collected along the Brazilian continental margin has increased significantly in recent years, but relatively few are located…”
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Corrigendum to “Evaluation of the influence of urbanization processes using mangrove and fecal markers in recent organic matter in a tropical tidal flat estuary” [Appl. Geochem. 38 (2013) 82–91] by Grilo, C.F., Neto, R.R., Vicente, M.A., de Castro, E.V.R., Figueira, R.C.L., Carreira, R.S.

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Molecular and isotopic characterization of the particulate organic matter from an eutrophic coastal bay in SE Brazil by Kalas, F A, Carreira, R S, Macko, SA, Wagener, ALR

“…The present work aimed at studying the origin of particulate organic matter in Guanabara Bay and in some rivers of the Guanabara basin by using elemental…”
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Characterization of the Organic Sedimentary Substance in the Guanabara Bay Through Molecular Markers by Carreira, R S, Wagener, ALR

“…The present work aimed at investigating the effects of growing eutrophic conditions and soil occupation on the carbon storage in Guanabara Bay. Sterols in…”
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Ischemic preconditioning requires increases in reactive oxygen release independent of mitochondrial K + channel activity by Facundo, Heberty T.F., Carreira, Raquel S., de Paula, Juliana G., Santos, Célio C.X., Ferranti, Renato, Laurindo, Francisco R.M., Kowaltowski, Alicia J.

“…Mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K + channels (mitoK ATP) mediate ischemic preconditioning, a cardioprotective procedure. MitoK ATP activity has been proposed to…”
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A comparison between faecal sterols and coliform counts in the investigation of sewage contamination in sediments by Renata Lima da Costa, Renato S. Carreira

“…In September 2002, nine sediment samples (0-2 cm) were collected from Botafogo Cove (southwestern part of Guanabara Bay) in order to compare the use of…”
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Ibuprofen-induced Walker 256 tumor cell death: cytochrome c release from functional mitochondria and enhancement by calcineurin inhibition by Campos, Claudia B.L., Degasperi, Giovanna R., Pacífico, Denise S., Alberici, Luciane C., Carreira, Raquel S., Guimarães, Fernando, Castilho, Roger F., Vercesi, Anibal E.

“…The participation of mitochondria in the mechanism of tumor cell death induced by non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs is uncertain. Here we show that ibuprofen…”
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