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A Comprehensive Review of Multifunctional Nanozymes for Degradation and Detection of Organophosphorus Pesticides in the Environment [PDF]

Toxics
Organophosphorus pesticides are the most extensively utilized agrichemicals in the world. They play a crucial role in regulating crop growth, immunizing against pests, and improving yields, while their unregulated residues exert serious detrimental ...
Jijia Liang, Zhongtian Dong, Ning Xu, Tao Chen, Jie Liang, Mingzhu Xia, Fenghe Wang   +6 more
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Review on Performance of Aspergillus and Penicillium Species in Biodegradation of Organochlorine and Organophosphorus Pesticides [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2023
The use of pesticides in agricultural practices raises concerns considering the toxic effects they generate in the environment; thus, their sustainable application in crop production remains a challenge.
Peter Matúš, Pavol Littera, Bence Farkas, Martin Urík   +3 more
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Analytical Extraction Methods and Sorbents’ Development for Simultaneous Determination of Organophosphorus Pesticides’ Residues in Food and Water Samples: A Review [PDF]

Molecules, 2021
Extensive use of organophosphorus pesticides in agriculture leads to adverse effects to the environment and human health. Sample preparation is compulsory to enrich target analytes prior to detection as they often exist at trace levels and this step is ...
Krishna Veni Veloo, Nur Amirah Syahirah Ibrahim   +1 more
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Organophosphorus Pesticides as Modulating Substances of Inflammation through the Cholinergic Pathway [PDF]

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022
Carlos Eduardo Covantes-Rosales, Manuel Ivan Girón-Pérez, Karina Janice Guadalupe Díaz Reséndiz   +2 more
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Evaluation of paraoxonase I and hemoglobin levels in farmers and agricultural workers in relation to organophosphorus and carbamate levels in their blood and urine samples: A cross sectional study [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2023
Background: Pesticides are chemicals that have become common household products in developing countries. The purpose of pesticides is to manage agricultural work.
Padmanabha Udupa, Pragati Nayak, Shankar Bakkannavar, Vinutha Bhat   +3 more
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A comparative study: rural versus urban children as regard exposure to organophosphorus pesticides using cholinesterase enzyme activity

Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2022
Background The uncontrolled long-term exposure to organophosphorus (OP) pesticides is hazardous to health especially in children. The present study aimed to determine the acetyl cholinesterase enzyme serum level in exposure and non-exposure children ...
Yasmen A. Mohamed, Mohamed Hussien Meabed, Khadiga Mohamed Abougaba, Fatma Ali Sayed, Nermeen N. Welson, Raghda Ebaid Ibrahim   +5 more
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Review on functionalized magnetic nanoparticles for the pretreatment of organophosphorus pesticides

Green Processing and Synthesis, 2021
Organophosphorus pesticides are currently extensively applied on the control of agricultural and forestry pests. The number of poisonings and deaths caused by organophosphorus pesticides are increasing year by year.
Tan Junpeng, Wang Ting, Li Yong, Xu Shenghui, Chen Simin, Hao Hongxia   +5 more
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DIETARY INTAKE OF SOME ORGANOPHOSPHOURS INSECTICIDES IN SOME VEGETABLE CROPS IN EGYPT, A PRELIMINARY CASE STUDY [PDF]

Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology, 2012
A Total of 178 samples of commonly consumed vegetables were collected from seven different Egyptian governorates in 2007 and onward. A multiresidue method was used for analysis and the pesticides determined by gas chromatography.
Naglaa Lotfy, W. Thabet, E. Salama, M. Ayoub, Sohair Gad Alla   +4 more
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Computational Studies on the Interaction of Organophosphorus Pesticides with Acetylcholinesterase and Butyrylcholinesterase: Quantum Chemical Cluster Model and HSAB Approaches

Crystals, 2023
In the present study, the interaction between organophosphorus pesticides and cholinesterase enzymes was investigated by quantum chemical cluster model and hard-soft acid-base (HSAB) approaches.
Shu-Chun Chi, Chia Ming Chang
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Investigation of the Colorimetric Characteristics of VX in Squaraine-Based Solutions

Chemosensors, 2023
Colorimetry is an important on-site detection method for organophosphorus compounds. O-Ethyl S-(2-diisopropylaminoethyl) methylphosphonothioate (VX) is recognized as one of the deadliest organophosphorus chemical agents, and the rapid on-site detection ...
Bin Du, Shu Geng, Wei Cao, Lei Guo, Jianjie Xu, Feng Huang, Lina Chen   +6 more
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