• Evaluation of toxicological effects of an aqueous extract of shells from the pecan nut Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch and the possible association with its inorganic constituents and major phenolic compounds 

      Porto, Luiz Carlos Santos; Silva, Juliana da; Sousa, Karen; Ambrozio, Mariana Leal; Almeida, Aline Vanessa de; Santos, Carla Eliete Iochims dos; Dias, Johnny Ferraz; Allgayer, Mariangela da Costa; Santos, Marcela Silva dos; Pereira, Patricia; Ferraz, Alexandre de Barros Falcão; Picada, Jaqueline Nascimento (2016) [Artigo de periódico]
      Background. Industrial processing of the pecan nut Carya illinoinensis K. Koch generated a large amount of shells, which have been used to prepare nutritional supplements and medicinal products; however, the safe use of ...
    • Genotoxicity of Nicotiana tabacum leaves on Helix aspersa 

      Silva, Fernanda Rabaioli da; Erdtmann, Bernardo; Dalpiaz, Tiago; Nunes, Emilene; Ferraz, Alexandre de Barros Falcão; Martins, Tales Leandro Costa; Dias, Johnny Ferraz; Rosa, Darlan Pase da; Porawski, Marilene; Bona, Silvia Regina; Silva, Juliana da (2013) [Artigo de periódico]
      Tobacco farmers are routinely exposed to complex mixtures of inorganic and organic chemicals present in tobacco leaves. In this study, we examined the genotoxicity of tobacco leaves in the snail Helix aspersa as a measure ...
    • Surface water impacted by rural activities induces genetic toxicity related to recombinagenic events in vivo 

      Soares Neto, José Lopes; De Carli, Raíne Fogliati; Kotzal, Queila Susana Gambim; Latroni, Francine Bolico; Lehmann, Maurício; Dias, Johnny Ferraz; Souza, Cláudia Telles de; Niekraszewicz, Liana Appel Boufleur; Silva, Fernanda Rabaioli da; Silva, Juliana da; Dihl, Rafael Rodrigues (2016) [Artigo de periódico]
      This investigation assessed the interaction of surface water samples with DNA to quantitatively and qualitatively characterize their mutagenic and/or recombinagenic activity. Samples were obtained at three different sites ...