Vicenta Devesa

Vegetables collected in the cultivated Andean area of northern Chile: total and inorganic arsenic contents in raw vegetables.

Organoarsenical species contents in fresh and processed seafood products.

Endogenous reductants support the catalytic function of recombinant rat cyt19, an arsenic methyltransferase.

Contribution of water, bread, and vegetables (raw and cooked) to dietary intake of inorganic arsenic in a rural village of Northern Chile.

Glutathione modulates recombinant rat arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase-catalyzed formation of trimethylarsine oxide and trimethylarsine.

Arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase and the inorganic arsenic methylation phenotype.

Metabolism and toxicity of arsenic in human urothelial cells expressing rat arsenic (+3 oxidation state)-methyltransferase.

Tissue dosimetry, metabolism and excretion of pentavalent and trivalent monomethylated arsenic in mice after oral administration.

Transformation of organoarsenical species by the microflora of freshwater crayfish.

Arsenicals in maternal and fetal mouse tissues after gestational exposure to arsenite.

Arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase and the methylation of arsenicals.

Molecular mechanisms of the diabetogenic effects of arsenic: inhibition of insulin signaling by arsenite and methylarsonous acid.

Tissue dosimetry, metabolism and excretion of pentavalent and trivalent dimethylated arsenic in mice after oral administration.

Estimated intake levels of methylmercury in children, childbearing age and pregnant women in a Mediterranean region, Murcia, Spain.

Characterization of the intestinal absorption of arsenate, monomethylarsonic acid, and dimethylarsinic acid using the Caco-2 cell line.

Preface: 2nd International Congress, As 2008: arsenic from nature to humans (Valencia, Spain, May 21-23).

Environmental arsenic as a disruptor of insulin signaling.

In vitro study of transporters involved in intestinal absorption of inorganic arsenic.

Mercury and selenium in fish and shellfish: occurrence, bioaccessibility and uptake by Caco-2 cells.

In vitro study of intestinal transport of inorganic and methylated arsenic species by Caco-2/HT29-MTX cocultures.

Quantification of fluoride in food by microwave acid digestion and fluoride ion-selective electrode.

Transformation of arsenic species during in vitro gastrointestinal digestion of vegetables.

In vitro characterization of the intestinal absorption of methylmercury using a Caco-2 cell model.

Proinflammatory effect of trivalent arsenical species in a co-culture of Caco-2 cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

Impaired aquaporins expression in the gastrointestinal tract of rat after mercury exposure.

Estimation of arsenic intake from drinking water and food (raw and cooked) in a rural village of northern Chile. Urine as a biomarker of recent exposure.

Influence of Physiological Gastrointestinal Parameters on the Bioaccessibility of Mercury and Selenium from Swordfish.

Dietary Strategies To Reduce the Bioaccessibility of Arsenic from Food Matrices.

Effects of sodium fluoride on immune response in murine macrophages.

Metal(loid) contamination in seafood products.

Intestinal transport of Cylindrospermopsin using the Caco-2 cell line.

Use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae To Reduce the Bioaccessibility of Mercury from Food.

Characterization of the binding capacity of mercurial species in Lactobacillus strains.

Dietary compounds as modulators of metals and metalloids toxicity.

Evaluation of exposure to fluoride in child population of North Argentina.