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Pesticide Residues in Foods in Ghana: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Health Sci RepABSTRACT Background and Aim Pesticide use has surged globally to enhance agricultural productivity. However, this reliance, particularly in developing countries like Ghana, has raised concerns about pesticide residues in foods and their potential health impacts on the population. Exposure to pesticide residueshas been linked to acute poisoning, cancers,
Ahiabor WK, Donkor ES.
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Enhanced Detection of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Sesame Seeds (<i>Sesamum indicum L</i>.) Using Advanced GC-MS/MS Techniques. [PDF]
J Anal Methods ChemConsidering the economic and edible values of sesame seeds, it is important to monitor sesame seed for the safety of consumers and for international trade as it helps the country government and suppliers as products to gain market acceptance more effectively.
Ago KA, Tefera M.
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Occurrence and distribution of the cyclodiene-type organochlorine pesticides in soils of Vojvodina province, Serbia [PDF]
Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2016 Aldrin, endrin and dieldrin are highly toxic and persistent cyclodiene-type organochlorine pesticides. Although these compounds have been banned over the last few decades in many countries, they can still be found in the environment, especially ...
Zeremski Tijana +5 more
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Toxics, 2021 Pesticides such as endosulfan, heptachlor and dieldrin persist in aquatic environments as a result of their resistance to biodegradation. However, there is no adequate information about the toxicity of endosulfan, heptachlor and dieldrin to the aquatic ...
Md. Ariful Islam +5 more
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Molecular Brain, 2008 Background In previous work, we investigated dieldrin cytotoxicity and signaling cell death mechanisms in dopaminergic PC12 cells. Dieldrin has been reported to be one of the environmental factors correlated with Parkinson's disease and may selectively ...
Kanthasamy Anumantha G +4 more
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Environmental Advances, 2022 This study investigates the pesticides atrazine, chlorpyrifos, and dieldrin for endocrine disrupting, phenotypic, and neurobehavioral effects. Zebrafish embryos were exposed to various environmentally relevant concentrations of pesticides during two ...
Jessica R. Blount +10 more
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Revista de Saúde Pública, 1990 Para correlacionar o quadro clínico com níveis séricos de aldrin e dieldrin, foram acompanhados 16 pacientes com intoxicação aguda por formulação de aldrin.
Wilson Andrade Carvalho +3 more
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Ciencias Marinas, 2006 Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), p,p'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and metabolites, and dieldrin were determined in muscle tissues of female and male sardines (Sardina pilchardus) obtained between February 2000 and January ...
J Amado, P Antunes, O Gil, C Vale
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Risk assessment of replacing synthetic preservatives with natural ingredients. [PDF]
EFSA JAbstract The present work, developed within the EU‐FORA fellowship programme, assessed the risk assessment of vegetable by‐product extracts as natural alternatives to synthetic preservatives in food formulations. Extracts were obtained from onion peel (Allium cepa L.), zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.) and kale (Brassica oleracea L. var.
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) +9 more
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Phospholipid synthetic and turnover pathways elicited upon exposure to different xenobiotics
AIMS Molecular Science, 2020 Phospholipids, neutral lipids and glycolipids metabolism take the place during cell responses to different stimuli. Phospholipase and acyl glycerol lipase activities have been demonstrated to release second messengers that trigger cascade responses ...
Teresa M. Fonovich
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