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Expression of L-Amino Acid Oxidase (Ml-LAAO) from the Venom of the Micrurus lemniscatus Snake in a Mammalian Cell System

  • Ari Junio de Oliveira Costa,
  • Alessandra Matavel,
  • Patricia Cota Campos,
  • Jaqueline Leal dos Santos,
  • Ana Caroline Zampiroli Ataide,
  • Sophie Yvette Leclercq,
  • Valéria Gonçalves de Alvarenga,
  • Sergio Caldas,
  • William Castro-Borges and
  • Márcia Helena Borges

2 October 2025

Animal venoms are rich in bioactive molecules with promising biotechnological potential. They comprise both protein and non-protein toxins. Among the protein toxins are enzymes, such as phospholipases A2, proteases and L-amino acid oxidases (LAAOs)....

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Bioremediation of Contaminated Water: The Potential of Aquatic Plants Ceratophyllum demersum and Pistia stratiotes Against Toxic Bloom

  • Fatma Zohra Tamer,
  • Hadjer Zaidi,
  • Hichem Nasri,
  • Larisa Lvova,
  • Nada Nouri,
  • Fateh Sedrati,
  • Amina Amrani,
  • Nassima Beldjoudi and
  • Xi Li

2 October 2025

Toxic cyanobacteria, including Microcystis, produce harmful toxins that affect aquatic ecosystems and human health. Biotreatment using macrophytes shows promise in mitigating these blooms. This study investigates the bioaccumulation dynamics and bioc...

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Exploring the Venom Diversity of Australian Taipans: Comparative Characterization of Oxyuranus microlepidotus and Oxyuranus scutellatus

  • Guilherme Gonelli Paz,
  • Patrick Jack Spencer,
  • Daniel Carvalho Pimenta and
  • Emidio Beraldo-Neto

1 October 2025

The genus Oxyuranus, which includes some of the most venomous snakes in the world, presents a complex venom composition with potent neurotoxic and procoagulant effects. This study provides a comparative proteomic analysis of the venom of Oxyuranus mi...

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Toxigenic Aspergillus Diversity and Mycotoxins in Organic Spanish Grape Berries

  • Clara Melguizo,
  • Andrea Tarazona,
  • Jéssica Gil-Serna,
  • Fernando Mateo,
  • Belén Patiño and
  • Eva María Mateo

30 September 2025

Grapes are frequently contaminated by Aspergillus section Nigri fungi and ochratoxin A (OTA), with A. niger also capable of producing substantial fumonisin B2 (FB2) levels. Emerging evidence suggests that aflatoxigenic fungi may eventually replace oc...

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Proteome Analysis of the Six-Eyed Sand-Spider Sicarius thomisoides Venom

  • Tomás Arán-Sekul,
  • Juan San Francisco,
  • José Rojas,
  • Kyung-Mee Moon,
  • Leonard Foster and
  • Alejandro Catalán

28 September 2025

Spiders of the Sicarius genera (Araneae: Sicariidae) are commonly known as six-eyed sand spiders. Of the species described in Latin America, the species S. thomisoides has previously been shown to possess venom with a toxic potential comparable to th...

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26 September 2025

The secondary contamination of nodularin disinfection by-products (NOD-DBPs) is a problem worthy of attention. In this study, prototypical NOD-R-DBPs were prepared, and their toxicity was assessed using conventional protein phosphatase (PPs) inhibiti...

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Co-Occurrence of Major Mycotoxins and Emerging Alternaria Toxins in Couscous Marketed in Algeria

  • Sarah Mohammedi-Ameur,
  • Terenzio Bertuzzi,
  • Roberta Battaglia,
  • Federico Siboni,
  • Paola Giorni and
  • Dahmane Mohammedi

26 September 2025

Cereal contamination by mycotoxins represents a major food safety concern. This study aimed to assess the co-occurrence of 15 mycotoxins in 50 couscous samples marketed in Algeria using HPLC/FLD and LC-MS/MS techniques. The samples included various c...

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26 September 2025

Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), the most potent and widespread mycotoxin produced by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus, poses a significant global threat to food safety and human health, with chronic exposure strongly linked to hepatocellular carci...