Publications and outputs

Participation in the debate on the problems of the Ria Formosa, with the presentation of the DEPURATOX project.
Event organized by APOS-Associação de Valorização do Património Cultural e Ambiental de Olhão, on April 15, 2023, at the Biblioteca Municipal de Olhão (cm-olhao.pt).

Debate sobre os problemas da Ria Formosa – YouTube

Television report about the project, on the program “Portugal em Direto”, on RTP1, broadcast on 10 April 2023.

DEPURATOX Project | RTP1 – Portugal em Direto de 10/04/23 – YouTube

Public presentation of the main results of the DEPURATOX project, in Biblioteca Municipal de Olhão (cm-olhao.pt), Olhão, on February 28, 2023.

Oral presentation at Global Women’s Breakfast 2023 (virtual meeting), which took place on February 14, 2023, at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Algarve, Portugal.

Title: Cation-exchange resin applied to paralytic shellfish toxins depuration from bivalves exposed to Gymnodinium catenatum.

Presented by Patrícia S. M. Amado

Event organized by Professor M. Lurdes Cristiano

“Chemistry, and the sustainable use of marine resources.” – IUPAC | International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Research article published in Foods

(impact factor, 2021: 5.561, Q1).

Title: Cation-Exchange Resin Applied to Paralytic Shellfish Toxins Depuration from Bivalves Exposed to Gymnodinium catenatum

Authors: J. F. Leal, G. Bombo, Patrícia, S. M. Amado, H. Pereira, M. L. S. Cristiano

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12040768 

International news

El análisis del perfil toxicológico de Gymnodinium catenatum podrían conducir a nuevos métodos para reducir los niveles de toxina en bivalvos – En Portada – Noticias web y revista digital de acuicultura. Publicación (ipacuicultura.com)

Research article published in Toxins

(impact factor, 2021: 5.075, Q1).

Title: Toxin profile of two Gymnodinium catenatum strains from Iberian Coastal Waters

Authors: J. F. Leal, G. Bombo, H. Pereira, B. Vicente, A. Amorim, M. L. S. Cristiano

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins14110762

Poster presentation in the 8^thEuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC8), in Lisbon, Portugal, from August 28 to September 1, 2022.

Title: Decontamination of natural aquatic systems from paralytic shellfish toxins (PST) – a molecular perspective.
Authors: J. F. Leal and M. L. S. Cristiano

Oral presentation at the XIV Reunião Ibérica sobre Microalgas Nocivas e Biotoxinas Marinhas, which took place in June 2022, in Lisbon, Portugal.

Title: Toxin profile of two new strains of Gymnodinium catenatum from Iberian coastal waters.
Authors: J. F. Leal, G. Bombo, A. Amorim, H. Pereira, B. Vicente, M. L. Cristiano

Communication published in Toxins
(impact factor, 2021: 5.075, Q1):

Title: Revisiting the HPLC-FLD Method to Quantify Paralytic Shellfish Toxins: C3,4 Quantification and the First Steps towards Validation.
Authors: J. F. Leal and M. L. S. Cristiano
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins14030179

Review article published in Natural Product Reports (impact factor, 2021: 15.111, Q1):

Title: Marine paralytic shellfish toxins: chemical
properties, mode of action, newer analogues, and
structure–toxicity relationship
Authors: J. F. Leal and M. L. S. Cristiano
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NP00009H

Extended abstract published in Proceedings of the 19th
International Conference on Harmful Algae

Title: Paralytic Shellfish Toxins: a complex group in constant (bio)transformation.

Authors: Joana F. Leal and Maria L. S. Cristiano

DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.7035065