Manuela Leva

Dr. Manuela Leva

Italian Laboratory for halogenated POPs in Feed and Food, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, Teramo, Italy
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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

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

Representative Publications

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7 September 2022 in Food Chemistry
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FCFrancesco Chiumiento
Francesco Chiumiento
MBMirella Bellocci
Mirella Bellocci
RCRoberta Ceci
Roberta Ceci
SDSilvia D'ANtonio
Silvia D'ANtonio
ABAlfonso De Benedictis
Alfonso De Benedictis
GDGianfranco Diletti
Gianfranco Diletti

1 February 2022 in Chemosphere
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RCRoberta Ceci
Roberta Ceci
GDGianfranco Diletti
Gianfranco Diletti
MBMirella Bellocci
Mirella Bellocci
FCFrancesco Chiumiento
Francesco Chiumiento
SDSilvia D'Antonio
Silvia D'Antonio
AFAlwyn R. Fernandes
Alwyn R. Fernandes

1 November 2020 in Science of The Total Environment
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GDGianfranco Diletti
Gianfranco Diletti
RCRoberta Ceci
Roberta Ceci
ABAlfonso De Benedictis
Alfonso De Benedictis
MLManuela Leva
Manuela Leva
GMGiacomo Migliorati
Giacomo Migliorati
AFAlwyn R. Fernandes
Alwyn R. Fernandes

17 November 2022 in Animals
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LRLudovica Di Renzo
Ludovica Di Renzo
RCRoberta Ceci
Roberta Ceci
SDSilvia D'Antonio
Silvia D'Antonio
CFCristina Esmeralda D Francesco
Cristina Esmeralda D Francesco
FGFederica Di Giacinto
Federica Di Giacinto
GDGianfranco Diletti
Gianfranco Diletti
Persistent organic pollutants are widespread in the marine environment. They can bioaccumulate and biomagnify in marine organisms through the food web with a potentially toxic effect on living organisms. The sea turtle Caretta caretta is a carnivorous animal with opportunistic feeding behavior. These turtles tend to bioaccumulate pollutants through food, and hence they can be considered an indicator of chemical pollutants in the marine ecosystem. In this study, 44 loggerhead sea turtles were considered, and liver and fat tissue were sampled from each of them to investigate the levels of dioxins (PCDD/Fs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sea turtles and their potential correlation with sex and size in terms of curved carapace length (CCL). Results suggested that these contaminants were easily bioaccumulated, and PCBs were predominant compared to dioxins in both liver and fat tissue. The congener patterns were similar to those found in sea fish. Moreover, there were no differences in the contamination levels between females and males, nor was there a correlation with the size. There is a need to harmonize the methodological approaches to better evaluate the results and trends over time and to monitor the species and indirectly the health status of the marine environment.

26 December 2025 in Food Control
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RCRoberta Ceci
Roberta Ceci
SDSilvia D'ANtonio
Silvia D'ANtonio
ABAlfonso De Benedictis
Alfonso De Benedictis
GBGiuseppe Di Bernardo
Giuseppe Di Bernardo
AFAlwyn R. Fernandes
Alwyn R. Fernandes
GDGianfranco Diletti
Gianfranco Diletti

17 August 2023 in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
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MBmirella bellocci
mirella bellocci
MLManuela Leva
Manuela Leva
VMValeria Melai
Valeria Melai
SMSalvatore Milone
Salvatore Milone
GRGianluca Antonio Romeo
Gianluca Antonio Romeo
GDGianfranco Diletti
Gianfranco Diletti