Chromium toxicity on two linked trophic levels. II. Morphophysiological effects on Scenedesmus acutus.

abstract：:A high-throughput and automated assay for testing the presence of acetylcholine esterase (AChE) inhibiting compounds was developed, validated and applied to screen different types of environmental samples. Automation involved using the assay in 96-well plates and adapting it for the use with an automated workstation. ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Froment J,Thomas KV,Tollefsen KE

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hatchery-reared juvenile turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.) were exposed for 3 weeks, under laboratory conditions, to inter-tidal sediments collected from polluted sites in Cork Harbour (Whitegate and Agahda) and a reference site at Ballymacoda Co., Cork, Ireland. The potential of the sediment exposure to induce cytochr...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Kilemade M,Hartl MG,O'Halloran J,O'Brien NM,Sheehan D,Mothersill C,van Pelt FN

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies showed that DDT levels were still high in Tianjin, China, even though its use was banned in 1983. To estimate current risk of DDT to human health in Tianjin area, a non-steady-state (Level IV) multimedia fugacity model was used to simulate the fate and transfer of p,p'-DDT before and after the ban. The ordinar...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Li Q,Zhu T,Qiu X,Hu J,Vighi M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the toxicity of certain potentially toxic compounds on various aquatic organisms allows to assess the impact that these pollutants on the aquatic biota. One source of pollution is the wastewater from hemodialysis. The process of sewage treatment is inefficient in inhibition and removal of pathogenic bact...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Machado CK,Pinto LH,Del Ciampo LF,Lorenzi L,Correia CH,Häder DP,Erzinger GS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four marine microalgal species (Chlorella autotrophyca, Nannochloropsis gaditana, Tetraiselmis chuii, and Isochrysis aff. galbana) were exposed for 24 h to 1 mg L(-1) dissolved copper and then transferred to fresh medium. After that, a group of 10 neonate rotifers were fed with these four microalgal species. The level...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Moreno-Garrido I,Lubián LM,Soares AM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study assessed the effects of 2-, 3-, and 4-methylpyridine on rat hippocampal slice excitability. Tests of excitatory and inhibitory systems in area CA1 of the hippocampal slice were conducted over a period of 3 h postexposure. Following exposures of 100 microM 2-, 3-, or 4-methylpyridine, evoked populatio...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Fountain SB,Teyler TJ

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cr (VI), which is a common heavy metal pollutant with strong oxidizing property, exists widely in nature. Organisms can be exposed to Cr (VI) through various means. Cr (VI) causes mitochondrial dysfunction after being absorbed by cells. Whether Cr (VI) induces the selective autophagic degradation of mitochondria, whic...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Xu Y,Wang X,Geng N,Zhu Y,Zhang S,Liu Y,Liu J

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this research was to verify the incidence of endocrine dysfunction associated with mercury intoxication in the hypothalamus-pituitary reproductive system of normally cycling or castrated female rats and the possible protective action of estrogen replacement therapy. We found no differences in the frequency ...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Oliveira FR,Ferreira JR,dos Santos CM,Macêdo LE,de Oliveira RB,Rodrigues JA,do Nascimento JL,Faro LR,Diniz DL

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A specific surveillance program has been set up to monitor avian scavenger populations in the French Pyrenean Mountains, hosting a high proportion of the French populations. The two main purposes of the study were to identify all causes of death and to investigate poisoning cases. All 170 birds found dead during the 7...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Berny P,Vilagines L,Cugnasse JM,Mastain O,Chollet JY,Joncour G,Razin M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nickel (Ni) is a widely distributed metal in the environment and an important pollutant because of its many industrial applications. With increasing incidences of Ni contamination, Ni toxicity has become a global public health concern and recent evidence suggests that Ni adversely affects the immune system. Hence, thi...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Guo H,Liu H,Jian Z,Cui H,Fang J,Zuo Z,Deng J,Li Y,Wang X,Zhao L,He R,Tang H

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytotoxic effects of parthenium residues incorporation and parthenium-infested rhizospheric soil on emergence and seedling growth of winter crops (wheat and canola) and weed species (wild oat and canary grass) were examined in different pot studies. In first experiment, parthenium whole plant residues were incorporat...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Khaliq A,Aslam F,Matloob A,Hussain S,Tanveer A,Alsaadawi I,Geng M

更新日期：2015-12-01 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 ecotoxicity of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) diclofenac, ibuprofen, naproxen, and acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) has been evaluated using acute Daphnia and algal tests. Toxicities were relatively low, with half-maximal effective concentration (EC50) values obtained using Daphnia in the range from 6...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Cleuvers M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cladoceran are animals of significant importance to freshwater bodies such that changes in their populations may result in drastic shifts in the food web. Numerous studies have investigated the effects of toxicants, and the effects of chemical and physical habitat changes to these animals. Most of these studies invest...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Lari E,Steinkey D,Pyle GG

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil pollution with cadmium (Cd) has posed a threat to our food safety. And rice consumption is the main source of Cd intake in China. Rice intercropping with water spinach is an efficient way for crop production and phytoremediation in Cd-contaminated soil. However, few people work on the Cd remediation by a combinat...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Yang X,Zhang W,Qin J,Zhang X,Li H

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of chronic concentrations of linuron (0, 0.5, 5, 15, 50, and 150 micrograms/L) were studied in indoor, macrophyte dominated, freshwater microcosms. The concentrations were kept at a constant level for 4 weeks. This paper is the first in a series of two and summarizes the course of the linuron concentrations in...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Van den Brink PJ,Hartgers EM,Fettweis U,Crum SJ,Van Donk E,Brock TC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of its high mobility in ecosystems, mercury is one of the main toxic threats to the environment, and its concentration must be carefully controlled. To fulfill this need, we selected terrestrial mosses with different characteristic life forms: orthotropic and endohydric Polytrichum commune and plagiotropic and...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Zawadzki K,Sokołowska K,Samecka-Cymerman A,Kolon K,Dubińska A,Kempers AJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium pentaborate pentahydrate (SPP) is a rare mineral. In this study, SPP was synthesized from boric acid and borax through low-temperature crystallization, and its effects on the growth of the alga, Chlorella vulgaris (C. vulgaris) were assessed. The newly synthesized SPP was characterized by chemical analysis, X-r...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Chen X,Pei Y

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) on mitochondrial function and membrane integrity of sea urchin sperm were investigated using flow cytometry and fluorescent probes. Both UVA and UVB impaired sperm mitochondrial function in a dose-dependent manner. Covariance analysis further showed that the slope...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Lu XY,Wu RS

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) preferentially accumulates in the plasma of wildlife and humans. Although earlier studies have suggested that this was due to binding of PFOS to a plasma protein, definite characterization of the protein in in vivo exposure studies was not conducted thus far. In t...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Honda M,Muta A,Akasaka T,Inoue Y,Shimasaki Y,Kannan K,Okino N,Oshima Y

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the pollution level and chemical form transformation characteristics of heavy metals, atmospheric fine particles and coarse particles were collected in an urban industrial area of Zhuzhou City in central China during winter and summer. The results indicated that PM2.5 and PM10 all showed simila...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Zhang X,Zhang K,Lv W,Liu B,Aikawa M,Wang J

更新日期：2019-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Algae blooms frequently occur in the coastal areas of China, and pose numbers of adverse effects to marine environment. Nitzschia closterium is one of the algal species associated with algae blooms and was selected as the target algae of this work. This study was the first attempt to investigate the effect of carbon s...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Lou Y,Liu Y,Wang H,Li N,Liu Q,Liu Y,Zhao X

更新日期：2019-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi can protect plants against cadmium (Cd) stress, and are the most prominent symbiotic fungi for contribution to phytoremediation. However, the tolerance mechanism for AM symbiosis on Cd toxicity still remains unclear, especially the related molecular mechanisms. In this study, differen...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Cui G,Ai S,Chen K,Wang X

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Deltamethrin is a commonly used pyrethroid pesticide. Vitamin E is a antioxidant that plays an important role in protecting cells against toxicity by inactivating free radicals generated following pesticides exposure. Therefore, in the present study, it was evaluated whether deltamethrin induced changes on the fatty a...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Cengiz EI,Kan Y,Kizmaz V,Başhan M,Yanar M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we identified AFB1 adducts as potential markers and investigated the role of curcumin in alleviating AFB1-induced liver damage by suppressing the production of AFB1 adducts and oxidative stress in AA broilers liver. A total of 64 one-day-old Arbor Acres (AA) broilers were randomly divided into four grou...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Li S,Muhammad I,Yu H,Sun X,Zhang X

更新日期：2019-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A single antimitotic dose of colchicine administered 24 hr after a single ip dose of CCl4 profoundly enhanced lethality in the adult Sprague-Dawley male rat from < 10% to over > or = 70% within the next 24 hr. These findings suggest that disruption of normal hepatic cellular repair processes is a critical factor affec...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Calabrese EJ,Leonard DA,Baldwin LA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoke can affect female reproductive health by causing follicle destruction and oocyte dysfunction. Third-hand smoke has received increasing attention as a public health issue. However, the effects of third-hand smoke on the female reproductive system, particularly the ovaries, remain unclear. 1-(N-methyl-N-...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Liu H,Liu Z,Meng L,Fu X,Hou Y

更新日期：2019-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenite is the predominant arsenic species in flooded paddy soil, and arsenite bioaccumulation in rice grains has been identified as a major problem in many Asian countries. Lowering arsenite level in rice plants and grain via accelerating arsenite oxidation is a potential strategy to help populations, who depended o...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Wang K,Li Y,Wu Y,Qiu Z,Ding Z,Wang X,Chen W,Wang R,Fu F,Rensing C,Yang G

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to examine the activity of hepatic glutathione S-transferase (GST) in flounder, Platichthys flesus, as a potential biomarker of exposure to xenobiotics present in the environment. The fish were collected along known pollution gradients and from areas regarded relatively free of anthrop...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Napierska D,Kopecka J,Podolska M,Pempkowiak J

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic oxidative stress, as one important mechanism of cadmium (Cd)-induced hepatic toxicity, could, as known, be ameliorated by vitamin E (VE). However, the underlying mechanism remains to be elucidated. To investigate whether the antioxidant vitamin E can protect against Cd-induced sub-chronic liver injury associat...

journal_title：Ecotoxicology and environmental safety

authors： Fang J,Yin H,Yang Z,Tan M,Wang F,Chen K,Zuo Z,Shu G,Cui H,Ouyang P,Guo H,Chen Z,Huang C,Geng Y,Liu W

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00