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A rare case of Organophosphate poisoning with toxic encephalopathy
Journal of Integrated Health Sciences, 2016 Organophosphate compounds (OPCs) are used mostly as pesticides. In India, Organophosphate poisoning occurs most commonly due to suicidal ingestion. Depending on the type and the dose of the organophosphate compound exposure some clinical syndromes, such ...
S K Tilara, J V Solanki, P A Bhatt
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Chlorpyrifos Disrupts Acetylcholine Metabolism Across Model Blood-Brain Barrier
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021 Despite the significant progress in both scientific understanding and regulations, the safety of agricultural pesticides continues to be called into question.
Dusty R. Miller +24 more
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Role of the Calcium Plateau in the Neuronal Injury and Behavioral Morbidities Following Organophosphate Intoxication [PDF]
, 2016 Organophosphate (OP) chemicals include nerve agents and pesticides, and there is a growing concern of OP based chemical attacks against civilians. Current antidotes are essential in limiting immediate mortality associated with OP exposure.
Battaglia F.P. +8 more
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Makara Journal of Science, 2017 Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) analysis of organophosphate derivatives, and their insecticide activities, was performed using electronic and molecular parameters.
Yari Mukti Wibowo +2 more
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Evaluation of acetylcholine esterase activity in the blood of workers exposed [PDF]
Kirkuk Journal of Science, 2013 Introduction:Organophosphate and carbamate insecticides pose major environmental pollution problems and health hazards to people and animals. These insecticides inhibit cholinesterase (ChE) activity in the nervous tissues and neuromuscular junctions.
Aydin S. Ahmed
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Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016 Organophosphates have rarely been reported to cause various ocular sequelae including retinal degeneration. Retinal manifestations have been rarely reported and poorly characterized. We describe a case of a 76-year-old man with vision loss beginning in his 20s due to acute on chronic exposure to dimethoate, an organophosphate.
Pham, Hang +6 more
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Transcriptional Profiles for Glutamate Transporters Reveal Differences Between Organophosphates but Similarities with Unrelated Neurotoxicants [PDF]
, 2010 The developmental neurotoxicity of organophosphates involves mechanisms other than their shared property as cholinesterase inhibitors, among which are excitotoxicity and oxidative stress.
Lobner, Doug +2 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Although insect herbivores are known to evolve resistance to insecticides through multiple genetic mechanisms, resistance in individual species has been assumed to follow the same mechanism.
Aigi Margus +6 more
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Effects of occupational exposure in pesticide plant on workers' serum and erythrocyte cholinesterase activity [PDF]
, 2007 Objectives: The determination of cholinesterase activity has been commonly applied in the biomonitoring of exposure to organophosphates and carbamates and in the diagnosis of poisoning with anticholinesterase compounds.
Ahmadi, A.R. +2 more
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Poisoning in domestic cats in Brazil: toxicants, clinical signs, and therapeutic approaches [PDF]
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2021 This study evaluated the most common toxic agents affecting domestic cats, the clinical signs of toxicity, and the therapeutic approaches for recovery. A survey on poisoning in cats was conducted among small animal veterinary practitioners from 2017 to ...
M.P.B. Jardim +3 more
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