Elvira Navarro

Dr. Elvira Navarro


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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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4 February 2020 in Molecules
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ENElvira Navarro
Elvira Navarro
Ángela Ruíz NietoÁngela Ruíz Nieto
Ángela Ruíz Nieto
AFAlice Ferreira
Alice Ferreira
Gabriel AcienGabriel Acien
Gabriel Acien
LGLuisa Gouveia
Luisa Gouveia
Microalgae are microorganisms with the capacity to contribute to the sustainable and healthy food production, in addition to wastewater treatment. The subject of this work was to determine the potential of Scenedesmus obliquus microalga grown in brewery wastewater to act as a plant biostimulant. The germination index of watercress seeds, as well as the auxin-like activity in mung bean and cucumber, and in the cytokinin-like activity in cucumber bioassays were used to evaluate the biostimulant potential. Several biomass processes were studied, such as centrifugation, ultrasonication and enzymatic hydrolysis, as well as the final concentration of microalgal extracts to determine their influence in the biostimulant activity of the Scenedesmus biomass. The results showed an increase of 40% on the germination index when using the biomass at 0.1 g/L, without any pre-treatment. For auxin-like activity, the best results (up to 60% with respect to control) were obtained at 0.5 g/L of biomass extract, after a combination of cell disruption, enzymatic hydrolysis and centrifugation. For cytokinin-like activity, the best results (up to 187.5% with respect to control) were achieved without cell disruption, after enzymatic hydrolysis and centrifugation at a biomass extract concentration of 2 g/L.

1 March 2016 in Bioresource Technology
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ENElvira Navarro
Elvira Navarro
AMAlfonso Robles Medina
Alfonso Robles Medina
PMPedro Antonio González Moreno
Pedro Antonio González Moreno
LCLuis Esteban Cerdán
Luis Esteban Cerdán
LVLorena Martín Valverde
Lorena Martín Valverde
EGEmilio Molina Grima
Emilio Molina Grima

1 September 2016 in Bioresource Technology
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ENElvira Navarro
Elvira Navarro
AMAlfonso Robles Medina
Alfonso Robles Medina
PMPedro Antonio González Moreno
Pedro Antonio González Moreno
LCLuis Esteban Cerdán
Luis Esteban Cerdán
EGEmilio Molina Grima
Emilio Molina Grima

1 October 2016 in Biomass and Bioenergy
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ENElvira Navarro
Elvira Navarro
AMAlfonso Robles Medina
Alfonso Robles Medina
LCLuis Esteban Cerdán
Luis Esteban Cerdán
PMPedro A. González Moreno
Pedro A. González Moreno
MSMaría D. Macías Sánchez
María D. Macías Sánchez
EGEmilio Molina Grima
Emilio Molina Grima

1 June 2015 in Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
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BLBeatriz Castillo López
Beatriz Castillo López
LCLuis Esteban Cerdán
Luis Esteban Cerdán
AMAlfonso Robles Medina
Alfonso Robles Medina
ENElvira Navarro
Elvira Navarro
LVLorena Martín Valverde
Lorena Martín Valverde
EGEmilio Molina Grima
Emilio Molina Grima

1 July 2015 in Bioresource Technology
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ENElvira Navarro
Elvira Navarro
AMAlfonso Robles Medina
Alfonso Robles Medina
PMPedro A. González Moreno
Pedro A. González Moreno
MCMaría J. Jiménez Callejón
María J. Jiménez Callejón
LCLuis Esteban Cerdán
Luis Esteban Cerdán
EGEmilio Molina Grima
Emilio Molina Grima