Alex Graça Contato

781 total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 522 citations indexed

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Alex Graça Contato is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Graça Contato has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 522 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Biotechnology, 21 papers in Plant Science and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alex Graça Contato's work include Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (14 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (14 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (13 papers). Alex Graça Contato is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (14 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (14 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (13 papers). Alex Graça Contato collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Ecuador. Alex Graça Contato's co-authors include Maria de Lourdes Teixeira de Moraes Polizeli, Rosane Marina Peralta, Cristina Giatti Marques de Souza, Tatiane Brugnari, Emanuelle Neiverth de Freitas, Tássio Brito de Oliveira, Adelar Bracht, Carlos Alberto Martínez, Rosymar Coutinho de Lucas and Carlos Adam Conte‐Júnior and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alex Graça Contato

39 papers receiving 512 citations

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Mushrooms in innovative food products: Challenges and potential opportunities as meat substitutes, snacks and functional beverages

2025 16 citations Alex Graça Contato, Carlos Adam Conte‐Júnior Trends in Food Science & Technology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Green Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Plant-Based Agri-Food Residues: Advances Toward Sustainable Valorization 2025 ·Plants ·(unknown), (unknown), Alex Graça Contato, Cristina Giatti Marques de Souza, Rafael Castoldi, Rúbia Carvalho Gomes Corrêa, Carlos Adam Conte‐Júnior, Natália Ueda Yamaguchi, Adelar Bracht, Rosane Marina Peralta	0
2	Optimization of Immobilization, Characterization, and Environmental Applications of Laccases from Pycnoporus sanguineus UEM-20 2025 ·Processes ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cristina Giatti Marques de Souza, Júlio César Polonio, Alex Graça Contato, Adelar Bracht, (unknown)	1
3	Mushrooms in innovative food products: Challenges and potential opportunities as meat substitutes, snacks and functional beverages breakdown → 2025 ·Trends in Food Science & Technology ·Alex Graça Contato, Carlos Adam Conte‐Júnior	16
4	Immobilization of Trametes versicolor Laccase by Interlinked Enzyme Aggregates with Improved pH Stability and Its Application in the Degradation of Bisphenol A 2025 ·Reactions ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alex Graça Contato, (unknown), Rúbia Carvalho Gomes Corrêa, (unknown), Cristina Giatti Marques de Souza, Adelar Bracht, Rosane Marina Peralta	4
5	Trends in Enzyme Production from Citrus By-Products 2025 ·Processes ·(unknown), Alex Graça Contato, Fernanda de Oliveira, Sílvio Silvério da Silva, (unknown), Muhammad Irfan, (unknown), Ana Karine Furtado de Carvalho, Heitor B. S. Bento	6
6	Microbial Enzymes for Biomass Conversion 2025 ·Annual Review of Microbiology ·Alex Graça Contato, Thiago Machado Pasin, Maria de Lourdes Teixeira de Moraes Polizeli	0
7	Lion’s Mane Mushroom (Hericium erinaceus): A Neuroprotective Fungus with Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antimicrobial Potential—A Narrative Review 2025 ·Nutrients ·Alex Graça Contato, Carlos Adam Conte‐Júnior	5
8	Biotransformation of Pollutants by Pycnoporus spp. in Submerged and Solid-State Fermentation: Mechanisms, Achievements, and Perspectives 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alex Graça Contato, Rafael Castoldi, Cristina Giatti Marques de Souza, Rúbia Carvalho Gomes Corrêa, Adelar Bracht, Rosane Marina Peralta	6
9	Thermothelomyces thermophilus cultivated with residues from the fruit pulp industry: enzyme immobilization on ionic supports of a crude cocktail with enhanced production of lichenase 2024 ·Folia Microbiologica ·Alex Graça Contato, Ana Cláudia Vici, (unknown), Tássio Brito de Oliveira, (unknown), Emanuelle Neiverth de Freitas, Marcos Silveira Buckeridge, Maria de Lourdes Teixeira de Moraes Polizeli	1
10	Properties and kinetic behavior of free and immobilized laccase from Oudemansiella canarii: Emphasis on the effects of NaCl and Na2SO4 on catalytic activities 2024 ·International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ·(unknown), Robson Carlos Alnoch, Alex Graça Contato, Rafael Castoldi, Cristina Giatti Marques de Souza, Camila Gabriel Kato, Rosely A. Peralta, Regina de Fátima Peralta Muniz Moreira, (unknown), Adelar Bracht, (unknown), (unknown)	7
11	Application of the white-rot fungus Trametes sp. (C3) laccase in the removal of acetaminophen from aqueous solutions 2023 ·Journal of Water Process Engineering ·(unknown), Alex Graça Contato, (unknown), (unknown), Giselle Maria Maciel, Eduardo Jorge Pilau, Rosane Marina Peralta, Cristina Giatti Marques de Souza	6
12	Trichoderma longibrachiatum and thermothelomyces thermophilus co-culture: improvement the saccharification profile of different sugarcane bagasse varieties 2023 ·Biotechnology Letters ·Alex Graça Contato, Karoline Maria Vieira Nogueira, Marcos Silveira Buckeridge, Roberto Nascimento Silva, Maria de Lourdes Teixeira de Moraes Polizeli	6
13	Biochemical characterization and biological properties of mycelium extracts from Lepista sordida GMA-05 and Trametes hirsuta GMA-01: new mushroom strains isolated in Brazil 2022 ·Brazilian Journal of Microbiology ·(unknown), Alex Graça Contato, José Carlos Santos Salgado, Tássio Brito de Oliveira, (unknown), (unknown), Eduardo José Crevelin, Celso Vataru Nakamura, Luiz Alberto Beraldo de Moraes, Rosane Marina Peralta, Maria de Lourdes Teixeira de Moraes Polizeli	9
14	Biological Characterization and Antimicrobial Bioactives of Mycelium Extracts from Medicinal Mushrooms Phellinus linteus and Pleurotus albidus (Agaricomycetes) 2022 ·International journal of medicinal mushrooms ·Alex Graça Contato, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Eduardo Jorge Pilau, Rafael Castoldi, Rosane Marina Peralta, Cristina Giatti Marques de Souza	3
15	Evaluation of the Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of the Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom Lentinula boryana (Agaricomycetes) from Brazil 2021 ·International journal of medicinal mushrooms ·Alex Graça Contato, (unknown), Benício Alves de Abreu Filho, Rosane Marina Peralta, Cristina Giatti Marques de Souza	5
16	Prospection of Fungal Lignocellulolytic Enzymes Produced from Jatoba (Hymenaea courbaril) and Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) Seeds: Scaling for Bioreactor and Saccharification Profile of Sugarcane Bagasse 2021 ·Microorganisms ·Alex Graça Contato, Tássio Brito de Oliveira, (unknown), Emanuelle Neiverth de Freitas, Ana Cláudia Vici, Karoline Maria Vieira Nogueira, Rosymar Coutinho de Lucas, (unknown), Marcos Silveira Buckeridge, Roberto Nascimento Silva, Maria de Lourdes Teixeira de Moraes Polizeli	23
17	Biochemical Properties and Effects on Mitochondrial Respiration of Aqueous Extracts of Basidiomycete Mushrooms 2020 ·Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics ·Alex Graça Contato, Tatiane Brugnari, (unknown), (unknown), Anacharis Babeto de Sá‐Nakanishi, Lívia Bracht, Ciomar Aparecida Bersani‐Amado, Rosane Marina Peralta, Cristina Giatti Marques de Souza	14
18	A highly reusable MANAE-agarose-immobilized Pleurotus ostreatus laccase for degradation of bisphenol A 2018 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Tatiane Brugnari, Marita Gimenez Pereira, Gisele Adriana Bubna, Emanuelle Neiverth de Freitas, Alex Graça Contato, Rúbia Carvalho Gomes Corrêa, Rafael Castoldi, Cristina Giatti Marques de Souza, Maria de Lourdes Teixeira de Moraes Polizeli, Adelar Bracht, Rosane Marina Peralta	89
19	Effects of Cooking and In Vitro Digestion on Antioxidant Properties and Cytotoxicity of the Culinary-Medicinal Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatoroseus (Agaricomycetes) 2018 ·International journal of medicinal mushrooms ·Tatiane Brugnari, (unknown), Alex Graça Contato, (unknown), (unknown), Camila Gabriel Kato, Rosane Marina Peralta, Cristina Giatti Marques de Souza	11
20	Biodegradation of human keratin by protease from the basidiomycete Pleurotus pulmonarius 2017 ·International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation ·(unknown), Alessandro F. Martins, Alex Graça Contato, Tatiane Brugnari, Rosane Marina Peralta, Cristina Giatti Marques de Souza	18

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