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Insights Into the Biodegradation of Lindane (γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane) Using a Microbial System
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Lindane (γ-hexachlorocyclohexane) is an organochlorine pesticide that has been widely used in agriculture over the last seven decades. The increasing residues of lindane in soil and water environments are toxic to humans and other organisms.
Wenping Zhang, Ziqiu Lin, Shimei Pang
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The effects of hydrogen sulfide synthesis inhibition in lindane-induced seizures in rats: A behavioral and EEG study [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2020 Lindane-induced seizure in rats is a model of refractory generalized epilepsy. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a gasotransmitter with different physiological and pathological roles.
Šutulović Nikola +4 more
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Palladium-Based Catalytic Treatment and a Rhizobacterial-Assisted Detoxification for the Enhanced Removal of Lindane [PDF]
Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 2023 This study aimed to assess the efficacy of a bimetallic system consisting of Mg0-Pd0 and the bacterium Acinetobacter sp. for the complete detoxification of lindane.
Rachana Sharma and Prabhu Thangadurai
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MicrobiologyOpen, 2023 Lindane (γ‐HCH) is an organochlorine pesticide that causes huge environmental concerns worldwide due to its recalcitrance and toxicity. The use of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp.
Jorge Guío +3 more
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Sensors, 2021 Lindane is documented by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as one of the most toxic registered pesticides. Conventional detection of lindane in the environment requires manual field sampling and complex, time-consuming analytical sample handling ...
Jafar Safaa Noori +2 more
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Effects of lindane on swimming performance of carp (Cyprinus carpio) [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 1991 The influence of lindane on swimming performance of carp was investigated. Lindane was found to significantly effect fish swimming performance. It is suggested that lindane may influence the exchange of respiratory gases or the metabolic pathways ...
M.H. Mourad
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Cardiovascular and respiratory changes in eel, Anguilla anguilla L. during exposure to lethal doses of lindane at different water temperatures [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 1991 Heart rate and ventilation frequency were monitored in ell exposed to lethal doses of lindane at different water temperatures. A simultaneous bradycardia and hyperventilation followed by a decrease in the ventilation rate occured after exposure to ...
M.H. Mourad
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Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2018 Lindane, extensively used as pesticide, causes severe environmental hazard and is a threat to the humanity. The present study aims to assess the capability and mechanism of root epiphytic bacteria of wetland plant Typha latifolia to degrade lindane ...
Tanvi SINGH, Dileep K. SINGH
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Folic acid supplementation alleviates behavioral manifestations of lindane-induced seizures [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2019 Lindane is a scabicide and pesticide that can exert neurotoxic effects such as tonic and clonic seizures that are refractory to many antiepileptic drugs.
Đurić Emilija +7 more
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Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 2018 Field studies were conducted in villages near the peri urban Dema area, Seke district, Zimbabwe, in order to understand the effect of the insecticides fenitrothion and lindane on Periplaneta americana and Blattella germanica cockroaches.
N. Lukwa, T. Mduluza, C. Nyoni, M. Zimba
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