Goals
Consumption of fish has been increasing worldwide due to its recognized health benefits with Portugal having the highest in the EU, which also demonstrates its high socioeconomic significance. Conversely, the high population growth worldwide leads to sustainability issues with release of pollutants that may undermine food safety. Pharmaceutical pollutants are of concern due to their rising use in aquaculture, in humans and other anthropogenic activities, inefficient treatment at disposal, and potential bioaccumulation and toxicity.
Are the most consumed fish in EU and Portugal contaminated with pharmaceutical pollutants? Do the bioaccessible levels pose health risks?
NATURIST (https://doi.org/10.54499/2022.07089.PTDC) aims to answer those questions through the development of (bio)sensing platforms to determine pharmaceutical pollutants in environmental matrices and assess food security of the most relevant aquatic species.
In a wider context, NATURIST will address United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, more specifically:
- Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture;
- Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages;
- Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
Institutions
Funding: The project NATURIST 2022.07089.PTDC (https://doi.org/10.54499/2022.07089.PTDC) is funded by the National Funds through Portuguese FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (MCTES).
RESULTS
Journal Articles (indexed in Web of Science)
Elena Surra; Álvaro Torrinha; Cristina Delerue-Matos; Simone Morais. Analysis of Ketoprofen in Fish: Life Cycle Assessment Using Sensors vs. Conventional Methodology. Sustainability 15, (8) (2023) 6775. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086775
Torrinha, Álvaro; Tavares, Miguel; Dibo, Vitória; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Morais, Simone. Carbon fiber paper sensor for determination of trimethoprim antibiotic in fish samples. Sensors 23 (2023) 3560. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23073560
Torrinha, Álvaro; Tavares, Miguel; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Morais, Simone. Microenergy generation and dioxygen sensing by bilirubin oxidase immobilized on a nanostructured carbon paper transducer. Electrochimica Acta 445 (2023) 142061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142061
Book Chapters
Á. Torrinha, T.M.B.F. Oliveira, S. ul-Islam, S. Morais. Green Carbon (Nano)Materials-based Sensors for Analysis of Hazardous Metal Ions. in Green Carbon Materials for Environmental Analysis: Emerging Research and Future Opportunies (Eds. S. ul-Islam, C.M. Hussain), ISBN: 978-0-84-129714-2, American Chemical Society Books, Estados Unidos, 2023, pp. 91-138.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/bk-2023-1441.ch005
Proceedings in International Conferences
Miguel Tavares; Álvaro Torrinha; Raquel Queirós; João Piteira; Cristina Delerue-Matos; Simone Morais. Development of a portable electrochemical platform with chip-integrated gold electrodes for detection of pharmaceutical pollutants. Engineering Proceedings 4 (2023). Published: 25 September 2023 by MDPI in the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Chemical Sensors and Analytical Chemistry, session Electrochemical Devices and Sensors.
Communications in (Inter)National Conferences
V. Dibo, Á. Torrinha, C. Delerue-Matos, S. Morais, “Metal organic framework based electrochemical sensor for determination of the organic contaminant bisphenol A”, XXV Meeting of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society, Coimbra, Portugal, pp. 111, 30th August – 01st September 2023.
M. Tavares, Á. Torrinha, R. Queirós, J. Piteira, C. Delerue-Matos, S. Morais, “Development of a portable electrochemical platform with chip-integrated gold electrodes for detection of pharmaceutical pollutants”, 2nd International Electronic Conference on Chemical Sensors and Analytical Chemistry, 16th – 30th September 2023.
V. Dibo, Á. Torrinha, C. Delerue-Matos, S. Morais, “Carbon paper functionalized with metal-organic frameworks as sensor for bisphenol A”, II Webinar Luso-Brasileiro, Sustainable nanomaterials and electrochemical tools to surveil ecosystems, 3 November 2023.
M. Freitas, Á. Torrinha, V. Dibo, C. Delerue-Matos, S. Morais, “A paper-based electrochemical immunosensor approach for the detection of pharmaceutical pollutants in fish”, II Webinar Luso-Brasileiro, Sustainable nanomaterials and electrochemical tools to surveil ecosystems, 3 November 2023.
F. Martins, Á, Torrinha, C. Delerue-Matos, S. Morais, “Life cycle tools applied to an innovative carbon paper sensor – a comparative analysis”, II Webinar Luso-Brasileiro, Sustainable nanomaterials and electrochemical tools to surveil ecosystems, 3 November 2023.
V. Dibo, Á. Torrinha, C. Delerue-Matos, S. Morais, “Carbon paper based electrochemical sensor functionalized with metal-organic frameworks for seafood safety”, XXVII Encontro Luso Galego de Química, Porto, Portugal, pp. 193, 22 – 24 November 2023.
Á. Torrinha, M. Tavares, V. Dibo, C. Delerue-Matos, S. Morais, “Simple electrochemical sensor for determination of trimethoprim antibiotic”, XXVII Encontro Luso Galego de Química, Porto, Portugal, pp. 191, 22 – 24 November 2023.
E. Surra, Á. Torrinha, C. Delerue-Matos, S. Morais, “Life Cycle Assessment and Economic Analysis of Portable Sensors for Ketoprofen Detection in Fish”, XXVII Encontro Luso Galego de Química, Porto, Portugal, pp. 183, 22 – 24 November 2023.
Contact INFO
Principal Investigator:
Simone Morais – sbm@isep.ipp.pt
Co-Principal Investigator
Maria João Nunes – mjm.nunes@fct.unl.pt
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