Target and non-target toxicity of botanical insecticide derived from Couroupita guianensis L. flower against generalist herbivore, Spodoptera litura Fab. and an earthworm, Eisenia foetida Savigny.

abstract：:This article presents experimental designs focusing on assessing of the bioavailability of metals in aquatic organisms, soil organisms, microorganisms, plants, birds, and mammals. Standardized test systems receive the greatest emphasis. With regard to microorganisms, animals, and plants, the study concentrates on toxi...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Hund-Rinke K,Kördel W

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysaccharides are the main components of plant cell walls in which they make an important contribution to cadmium (Cd) fixation. However, knowledge regarding the role of root cell wall polysaccharides in Cd accumulation in low-Cd cultivars is limited. Here, we compared the differences in root cell wall polysaccharid...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Wang L,Li R,Yan X,Liang X,Sun Y,Xu Y

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead (Pb) is a heavy metal environmental pollutant that can cause functional damage and anemia of immune organs. More and more evidence indicate that the toxicity of lead was related to apoptosis driven by oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum stress. This article mainly discusses the protective effect and mechan...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Li N,Zhao Y,Shen Y,Cheng Y,Qiao M,Song L,Huang X

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation characteristics and potential risk posed by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils and vegetables grown in the home garden and agricultural field were investigated in this research. The average concentrations of 16 PAHs in soils and vegetables in the home garden were 508.9 ng/g and 197.3 ng/...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Chen Y,Zhang F,Zhang J,Zhou M,Li F,Liu X

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A microcosm experiment was carried out to study the influence of cadmium and diesel, individually and in a mixture, on a free living nematode community of a Tunisian lagoon. Sediments were contaminated with cadmium that ranged in concentration from 0.54 to 1.40 mg Cd kg(-1) (dry weight (dw)), by diesel at 0.25 mg kg(-...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Beyrem H,Mahmoudi E,Essid N,Hedfi A,Boufahja F,Aïssa P

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonicotinoid insecticides such as imidacloprid, indoxacarb and thiamethoxam are widely used for control of a large number of insect pests of pomegranate crop. Their residue levels were evaluated on pomegranate fruits over 2 years during the same cropping season. The QuEChERS analytical method in conjunction with LC-M...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Mohapatra S,Siddamallaiah L,Matadha NY,Udupi VR,Raj DP,Gadigeppa S

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemically assisted phytoremediation is fast gaining attention as a biotechnology to accelerate heavy metal removal from contaminated substrates, but how different chemical amendments affect the process remains an important research question. Here, bioaccumulation factor (BAF), translocation factor (TF), removal effic...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Anning AK,Akoto R

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to test the sensitivity of computerized sperm motility analysis in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus as the endpoint in toxicity bioassays. The tested matrices were pore water samples collected in an agriculture-impacted Mediterranean lagoon, Lake Varano (Italy). Two standardized bioassays...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Fabbrocini A,Di Stasio M,D'Adamo R

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human health and the health of the environment have entwined. In this paper we underpin this position by presenting a modeling approach named CombiSimilarity, which has been developed by the first author in the software tool PyHasse comprising a wide variety of partial ordering tools. A case study of 18 Organochlorine...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Bruggemann R,Scherb H,Schramm KW,Cok I,Voigt K

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic azo dyes have increasingly become a matter of great concern as a result of the genotoxic and mutagenic potential of the products derived from azo dye biotransformation. This work evaluates the manner in which reducing enzymes produced by Escherichia coli (E. coli) act on three disperse dyes bearing azo group...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Franco JH,da Silva BF,Dias EFG,de Castro AA,Ramalho TC,Zanoni MVB

更新日期：2018-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Although numerous studies have investigated the association between air pollution and hospitalization, few studies have focused on the health effect of air pollution on populations with hypertension. In this study, we conducted a time-series study to investigate the acute adverse effect of six criteria ambient air pol...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Song J,Lu M,Lu J,Chao L,An Z,Liu Y,Xu D,Wu W

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, mouthpart deformities in Chironomid larvae (Diptera) were investigated in relation to sediment contamination in the Shiroro Lake in Nigeria. Metals and chironomids were sampled monthly at three stations (A-C) between August 2013 and January 2014. Across the stations, zinc ranged (3.9-75mg/g), manganese ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Arimoro FO,Auta YI,Odume ON,Keke UN,Mohammed AZ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article deals with toxicological study of cadmium (Cd) as CdCl(2) on the growth and cell morphology of Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655. The minimum inhibitory concentration of Cd was 15μM. When cadmium was added at mid-log phase, growth was completely inhibited at 0.6mM and 50% of the bacterial growth retardation wa...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Hossain ST,Mallick I,Mukherjee SK

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the most used chemicals in the world are nonionic surfactants. One of these environmental pollutants is nonylphenol ethoxylate (NP-9), also known as Tergitol, and its degradation product, nonylphenol (NP). The objective of this work was to determine the toxicity of NP and NP-9 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Wild-typ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： De la Parra-Guerra A,Olivero-Verbel J

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural radiation of geological origin is a common phenomenon in Brazil, a country where radioactive agents such as uranium may be often found. As an unstable atom, uranium undergoes radioactive decay with the generation of a series of decay by-products, including radon, which may be highly genotoxic and trigger sever...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Verçosa CJ,Moraes Filho AV,Castro ÍFA,Santos RGD,Cunha KS,Silva DME,Garcia ACL,Navoni JA,Amaral VSD,Rohde C

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanism(s) of microbial resistance to antimony (Sb) is critical in the bioremediation of Sb polluted environments. Here a novel bacterium (Acinetobacter sp. JH7) isolated from mine tailings decreased the Microtox toxicity of a Sb(III)-containing medium. DNA sequencing and physiological testing were...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Gu J,Sunahara G,Duran R,Yao J,Cui Y,Tang C,Li H,Mihucz VG

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with 0, 1, 10, 50, and 100 ppm of chlordecone (Cd) mixed in calcium-sufficient (Ca-S) or calcium-deficient (Ca-D) diet for 15 days. The control rats fed with Ca-D diet exhibited a significant increase in white blood cell (WBC) counts compared to the rats fed with Ca-S diet. Dietar...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Chetty KN,Fantroy L,Landau G,Ivie GW

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the extent of DNA damage induced by direct and indirect mutagens by cellular and acellular comet assays in two plant systems, Nicotiana tabacum (wild type tobacco) and Allium cepa (common onion). The objectives of this study were: (1) to generate dose-response curves for DNA migration values from roo...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Bandyopadhyay A,Mukherjee A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four bioactive materials were tested for their ability to produce toxicity in vitro in two cell lines: rabbit corneal cells (SIRC) and human fibroblasts. These compounds are widely used by industries, causing toxic effects to ecosystems and particularly having an impact on human health. Different chemicals were chosen...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Santa María A,Pozuelo JM,López A,Sanz F

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the potential emissions of heavy metal pollution in Lake Caizi due to extensive agriculture, urban growth and fishing activities, the risk posed by metal concentrations to aquatic environments and human populations has not yet been studied. In this study we compared the concentrations of Hg, As, Pb, Cd, Cr, Cu...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Jiang Z,Xu N,Liu B,Zhou L,Wang J,Wang C,Dai B,Xiong W

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand better the suitability of white lupin (Lupinus albus L.) for phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated soils, the effect of its roots on chemical and biological properties of the rhizosphere affecting soil metal fractionation was studied. Plants were cultivated in two similar soils, with high levels o...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Martínez-Alcalá I,Walker DJ,Bernal MP

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead (Pb) is a non-essential metal. Its occurrence in the environment is related principally to anthropogenic contamination. Pb is toxic to aquatic organisms and can provoke damage to membranes and inhibit the activity of essential enzymes. The filter-feeding, Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum is widely used as a bi...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Aouini F,Trombini C,Volland M,Elcafsi M,Blasco J

更新日期：2018-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive industrial activities have led to an increase of the content of chromium in the environment, which causes serious pollution to the surrounding water, soil and atmosphere. The enrichment of chromium in the environment through the food chain ultimately affects human health. Therefore, the remediation of chromi...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Tang X,Huang Y,Li Y,Wang L,Pei X,Zhou D,He P,Hughes SS

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread application of nanomaterial-based products has caused safety concerns worldwide, especially for susceptible pregnant population. Here, we revealed the effect of the size of ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) on placental and fetal developmental toxicities. We found that smaller ZnO NPs (13 nm) were able to cro...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Teng C,Jia J,Wang Z,Sharma VK,Yan B

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles is the present research in the limb of nanotechnology which reduces the toxicity of metal nanoparticles. Green chemistry approach emphasizes that the usage of plant material has offered a reliable, simple, nontoxic and eco-friendly that links Nanotechnology and Biotechnology. Increa...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Priya RS,Geetha D,Ramesh PS

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dibromoacetic acid (DBA) is a by-product of disinfection in drinking water, which could cause many adverse effects in test animals. However, little research on its neurotoxicity has been conducted, and its mechanism has not been elucidated. In the present study, ninety Sprague-Dawley rats were administered DBA at dose...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Jiang W,Wu H,Guo R,Xu X,Wang Y,Jiang X,Wang Y,Yan X,Gu W,Liu X,Cao F,Li Y,Han T,Sun C

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Several metabolic systems in Eisenia foetida competent to achieve an intracellular Cr(VI) reduction are described. Evidence that earthworms act as effective scavengers of hexavalent chromium from the environment is also provided. Results suggest that E. foetida may play an important role during occasional Cr(VI) pollu...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Arillo A,Melodia F

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of several organic contaminants (OCs) and heavy metals were measured in indoor dust from e-waste recycling, rural, and urban areas in South China to illustrate the spatial characteristics of these pollutants and to further evaluate human exposure risks. The median concentrations of polychlorinated b...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： He CT,Zheng XB,Yan X,Zheng J,Wang MH,Tan X,Qiao L,Chen SJ,Yang ZY,Mai BX

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, a cultivable, Gram-positive, solvent-resistant bacterium was isolated from vermicomposted olive wastes (VOW). The highest 16S rRNA sequence similarity (99%) was found in Brevibacillus brevis. The genome of the isolate, selected for trichloroethylene (TCE)-tolerance, contained a nucleotide sequence encodi...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Moreno B,Vivas A,Nogales R,Benitez E

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects 1 in 300 children by age 18. T1D is caused by inflammation-induced loss of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells, leading to high blood glucose and a host of downstream complications. Although multiple genes are associated with T1D risk, only 5% of g...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Edwards TM,Hamlin HJ,Freymiller H,Green S,Thurman J,Guillette LJ Jr

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00