Development and validation of Triticum phytobiological method as an alternative procedure for investigating in vivo acute toxicity on mice [PDF]
, 2017 The goal of this study was to validate an alternative method for determining in vivo acute toxicity using vegetal material instead of laboratory animals, starting from the phytobiological method known also as the Triticum technique.
Anghel, Adriana +5 more
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Niche tracking and rapid establishment of distributional equilibrium in the house sparrow show potential responsiveness of species to climate change. [PDF]
, 2012 The ability of species to respond to novel future climates is determined in part by their physiological capacity to tolerate climate change and the degree to which they have reached and continue to maintain distributional equilibrium with the environment.
Monahan, William B, Tingley, Morgan W
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Evaluating health risks from occupational exposure to pesticides and the regulatory response. [PDF]
, 1994 In this study, we used measurements of occupational exposures to pesticides in agriculture to evaluate health risks and analyzed how the federal regulatory program is addressing these risks.
Bois, FY, Kyle, AD, Woodruff, TJ
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Review of the methods to determine the hazard and toxicity of pesticides to bumblebees [PDF]
, 2001 Methods to determine the impact of pesticides on bumblebees are described. They are classified into laboratory tests to determine the acute toxicity and the hazard to bumblebees, (semi) field tests, and brood tests.
Steen, J.J.M., van der
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Evaluation of in vivo Lethality and in vitro Cytotoxic Effect of Odontobuthus bidentatus Scorpion Venom [PDF]
Archives of Razi Institute, 2022 The results of numerous studies have revealed that some deadly scorpion venoms are composed of various bioactive molecules that have significant cytotoxic effects on cancer cells.
Z Salehi-Najafabadi +2 more
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Variation in the susceptibility of Anopheles gambiae to botanicals across a metropolitan region of Nigeria [PDF]
, 2019 Pesticide resistance is normally associated with genetic changes, resulting in varied responses to insecticides between different populations. There is little evidence of resistance to plant allelochemicals; it is likely that their efficacy varies ...
Callaghan, Amanda +3 more
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Lethal Dose of Calcium Bentonite in Wistar Rats
Althea Medical Journal, 2021 Background: Calcium bentonite is a type of clay produced by a devitrification of volcanic ash which is often used as a traditional medicine to absorb toxins and waste products of metabolism.
Dwika Audiyananda +2 more
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Wild bee toxicity data for pesticide risk assessments [PDF]
, 2019 Pollination services are vital for agriculture, food security and biodiversity. Although many insect species provide pollination services, honeybees are thought to be the major provider of this service to agriculture. However, the importance of wild bees
Lewis, Kathleen, Tzilivakis, John
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Assessment of Acute Toxicity and Lethal Dose of Prodigosin in Mice [PDF]
Journal of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, 2020 Background & Objective: Acute toxicity assessment is the first priority in the determination of any related risk to the biologically unknown chemicals to human and animals.
maryam niakani +3 more
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Further Characterization of the Mitigation of Radiation Lethality by Protective Wounding [PDF]
, 2017 There continues to be a major effort in the United States to develop mitigators for the treatment of mass casualties that received high-intensity acute ionizing radiation exposures from the detonation of an improvised nuclear device during a radiological
Dynlacht, Joseph R. +5 more
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