Impact of Environmental Contaminants in Diseases of Aquatic Organisms and Human Health
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Toxicology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2023) | Viewed by 23306
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Interests: ecotoxicology; heavy metals; mycotoxins; biochemistry; inflammation; biotechnology
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Interests: veterinary pharmacology; toxicology; pharmacological activity of natural substances; nutraceuticals; dietary contaminants; animal welfare
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue focused on ecotoxicology.
Research on environmental contaminants has been growing in recent years, attracting considerable interest from the scientific community. Anthropogenic contaminants (drugs, pesticides, industrial products, micro- and nanoplastics, etc.) can come into contact with many animal species, but also, and especially, with humans. The action of contaminants in various organisms can alter various biological functions causing developmental delays during the early stages of development or worsen the clinical picture of a pre-existing disease. Through this Special Issue, we want to highlight the different mechanisms underlying the ecotoxicity of many substances, the potential synergistic effects, and the effects on human health.
In particular, we call for review articles and original research that pay attention to the effects of emerging contaminants on both marine organisms and humans, particularly to the molecular pathways involved within the toxic mechanism.
Dr. Alessio Filippo Peritore
Dr. Enrico Gugliandolo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental contaminants
- toxicology
- human health
- molecular biology
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