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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Simultaneous Removal of Lindane, Lead and Cadmium from Soils by Rhamnolipids Combined with Citric Acid. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 This study investigated the performance of rhamnolipids-citric acid mixed agents in simultaneous desorption of lindane and heavy metals from soils. The capacity of the mixed agents to solubilize lindane, lead and cadmium in aqueous solution was also ...
Jinzhong Wan +8 more
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Does lindane (gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane) increase the rapid delayed rectifier outward K+ [PDF]
, 2002 BACKGROUND: The effects of lindane, a gamma-isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane, were studied on transmembrane potentials and currents of frog atrial heart muscle using intracellular microelectrodes and the whole cell voltage-clamp technique.
Pages, Nicole +6 more
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Modulatory effects of delta sleep-inducing peptide in a lindane model of generalized seizures [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2018 Delta sleep-inducing peptide (DSIP) is an endogenous peptide that is constantly present in several different brain regions. Lindane is used as a pesticide and scabicide, but it also induces seizures refractory to conventional antiepileptics.
Hrnčić Dragan +5 more
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The long-term environmental risks from the aging of organochlorine pesticide lindane
Environment International, 2020 Although increased contact time (aging) of pesticides in the soil decreases their bioavailability, this does not mean that the bound residues formed during the aging process pose fewer risk to the soil environment.
Ting Xu +5 more
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Lindane Bioremediation Capability of Bacteria Associated with the Demosponge Hymeniacidon perlevis
Marine Drugs, 2017 Lindane is an organochlorine pesticide belonging to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that has been widely used to treat agricultural pests. It is of particular concern because of its toxicity, persistence and tendency to bioaccumulate in terrestrial ...
Stabili Loredana +8 more
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Gaseous neurotransmitter nitric oxide: Its role in experimental models of epilepsy [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2012 Epilepsy is one of the leading neurological disorders and affects 1-2% of the world’s population. Generally, it is a result of an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory phenomena in the central nervous system (CNS), but the mechanisms of its ...
Hrnčić D. +6 more
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γ-Lindane Increases Microcystin Synthesis in Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806
Marine Drugs, 2015 HCH factories, and the waste dumpsites associated to its production, have become a global environmental concern, and their runoff could pollute ground and surface waters with high levels of the pollutant.
Laura Ceballos-Laita +5 more
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Sustained inhibition of rat myometrial gap junctions and contractions by lindane
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2003 Background Gap junctions increase in size and abundance coincident with parturition, forming an intercellular communication network that permits the uterus to develop the forceful, coordinated contractions necessary for delivery of the fetus.
Grindatti Carmen M +3 more
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Etude de la biodégradation accélérée du lindane dans le sol [PDF]
Tropicultura, 1999 Rapid Biodegradation of Lindane Soil. The rapid degradation of lindane in soils after multiple treatments was studied under laboratory conditions. The rate of lindane disappearance increased with the increase in the frequency of application.
Bennaceur, M., Bastide, J., Coste, CM.
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