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Chirality in pesticides has become a challenge because of enantiomers’ different toxicities to non-target organisms. Acute
and chronic toxicities of Rac-metalaxyl and R-metalaxyl to Daphnia magna were determined and compared. The 48-h LC50 for Rac- and R-metalaxyl to Daphnia magna were 51.5 and 41.9 mg/L. In a 14-day chronic test, the lowest-observed-effective concentration (LOEC) and no-observed-effective
concentration (NOEC) of Rac-metalaxyl were 2 and 1 mg/L, respectively, whereas those of R-metalaxyl were 1 and 0.1 mg/L. Body length, days-to-first-brood and number of broods per female were significantly (p < 0.05) affected by R-metalaxyl at >1.0 mg/L, but affected by Rac-metalaxyl at ≥2.0 mg/L. 相似文献
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Song ZH 《Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology》2007,79(3):278-282
The 24-h median lethal concentrations of pentachlorophenol to Chironomus
plumousus, Tubifex sinicus and Galba pervia were 0.302, 0.977 and 0.293 mg/L, respectively. Bioconcentration factors of C. plumousus, T. sinicus and G. pervia to pentachlorophenol were 108, 367 and 85 at 0.02 mg/L pentachlorophenol, respectively. As pentachlorophenol concentration
increased, the G. pervia egg hatching rates became lower, and the total hatched time became longer. Pentachlorophenol teratogenesis was demonstrated
by observing the deformation of C. plumousus larvae mentum. 相似文献
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In the present study, the growth of Chrysanthemum coronarium L. and Sorghum sudanense L. and their copper accumulation were studied using hydroponic experiments. Results showed that the root elongation, dry
biomass yield, and chlorophyll content in both plant species decreased significantly with the increasing level of Cu in solution.
The concentrations of Cu in the two plants increased greatly with the increasing Cu level in the treatments. However, most
of the Cu was accumulated in roots, and only a small portion was translocated into shoots. Compared with S. sudanense, the shoots of C. coronarium had a significantly higher concentration of Cu. The total amount and percentage of water-soluble Cu, and the nonprotein thiol
were also higher in the shoots of C. coronarium. In the roots, however, S. sudanense accumulated more Cu than C. coronarium. The treatments with 5 to 50 μmol L−1 Cu significantly increased the uronic acid content in the roots of S. sudanens, but did not have any significant effect for C. coronarium. Higher concentrations of Cu bound to the cell wall and uronic acid in the roots of S. sudanense were speculated to be the main reason to restrain Cu translocation from roots to shoots. 相似文献
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Haiping Wang Feng Liu Pei Luo Zihan Li Liguo Zheng Hua Wang Dongsheng Zou Jinshui Wu 《Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology》2017,98(4):556-561
Allelopathy has been proposed as a sustainable means to control undesired algal growth and to reduce blooms threatening freshwater systems worldwide. In this study, the allelopathic effects of Myriophyllum aquaticum and its exudate on two typical bloom-forming cyanobacteria, Microcystis aeruginosa and Anabaena flos-aquae, were investigated under laboratory conditions. The growth of the cyanobacteria was strongly inhibited by live M. aquaticum while the primary addition of M. Aquaticum exudates had a significant inhibitory effect on the growth of M. aeruginosa but not A. flos-aquae. The results suggested that the persistent release of allelochemicals from live M. aquaticum was needed to effectively constrain the growth of A. flos-aquae. Analysis of cyanobacterial physiological indexes indicated that M. aquaticum produced an inhibitory effect on SOD enzyme activity of A. flos-aquae, while it affected membrane lipid peroxidation in M. aeruginosa. The results show the potential of M. aquaticum to mitigate cyanobacterial blooms in coexistence systems. 相似文献
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López D Chamorro S Silva J Bay-Schmith E Vidal G 《Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology》2011,87(6):633-637
Two kraft pulp mill effluents were compared in terms of their chronic toxicity to Daphnia magna. One resulted from pulping Pinus radiata and the other came from a parallel processing of Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus globulus (mixed kraft pulp mill effluent). The concentration of phytosterols found in the mixed kraft pulp mill effluent was higher than in the effluent from Pinus radiata, with values of 0.1082 and 0.02 μg/L, respectively. The phytosterols per se are responsible for 12.9% and 8.1% of the deviation from the natural shape, while the kraft pulp mill effluents account for
25.6%–27.8% of shape deviation. The role of β-sitosterol and stigmasterol is discussed in relation to endocrine disruption. 相似文献
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Rours GI de Krijger RR Ott A Willemse HF de Groot R Zimmermann LJ Kornelisse RF Verbrugh HA Verkooijen RP 《European journal of epidemiology》2011,26(5):421-428
Chlamydia
trachomatis may infect the placenta and subsequently lead to preterm delivery. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between the presence
of Chlamydia
trachomatis and signs of placental inflammation in women who delivered at 32 weeks gestation or less. Setting: placental histology and
clinical data were prospectively obtained from 304 women and newborns at the Erasmus MC-Sophia, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
C.
trachomatis testing of placentas was done retrospectively using PCR. C.
trachomatis was detected in 76 (25%) placentas. Histological evidence of placental inflammation was present in 123 (40%) placentas: in
41/76 (54%) placentas with C.
trachomatis versus 82/228 (36%) placentas without C.
trachomatis infection (OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.2–3.5). C.
trachomatis infection correlated with the progression (P = 0.009) and intensity (P = 0.007) of materno-fetal placental inflammation. C.
trachomatis DNA was frequently detected in the placenta of women with early preterm delivery, and was associated with histopathological
signs of placental inflammation. 相似文献
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Haihua Wang Lili Cui Huamin Cheng Yu Zhang Xiaoping Diao Jun Wang 《Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology》2017,98(5):649-655
Research on the kinetics of Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) bioaccumulation in the clam Pinctada martensii and mussel Perna viridis showed that the initial rate of uptake was directly related to the PAH concentrations in the ambient environment. The uptake and depuration rate constants were different at the four B[a]P exposure levels, which indicated that the toxicokinetic rate constants mainly depended on the exposure levels of pollutants to the environment. In addition, the uptake rate constants of B[a]P were higher than the depuration rate constants in the entire experiment. The comparison demonstrated that mussels release B[a]P more rapidly than clams. The bioconcentration factors (BCFs) of B[a]P varied from 3335 to 12892 in the clam and 2373–6235 in the mussel. These findings on the bioaccumulation kinetics for petroleum hydrocarbons, in association with the critical body residue, will be valuable when choosing sensitive organisms to assess the potential ecotoxicological risk to the marine environment. 相似文献
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Yuping Ding Donald P. Weston Jing You Amanda K. Rothert Michael J. Lydy 《Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology》2011,61(1):83-92
Two hundred sediment samples were collected and their toxicity evaluated to aquatic species in a previous study in the agriculturally
dominated Central Valley of California, United States. Pyrethroid insecticides were the main contributors to the observed
toxicity. However, mortality in approximately one third of the toxic samples could not be explained solely by the presence
of pyrethroids in the matrices. Hundreds of pesticides are currently used in the Central Valley of California, but only a
few dozen are analyzed in standard environmental monitoring. A significant amount of unexplained sediment toxicity may be
due to pesticides that are in widespread use that but have not been routinely monitored in the environment, and even if some
of them were, the concentrations harmful to aquatic organisms are unknown. In this study, toxicity thresholds for nine sediment-associated
pesticides including abamectin, diazinon, dicofol, fenpropathrin, indoxacarb, methyl parathion, oxyfluorfen, propargite, and
pyraclostrobin were established for two aquatic species, the midge Chironomus dilutus and the amphipod Hyalella azteca. For midges, the median lethal concentration (LC50) of the pesticides ranged from 0.18 to 964 μg/g organic carbon (OC), with abamectin being the most toxic and propargite being
the least toxic pesticide. A sublethal growth endpoint using average individual ash-free dry mass was also measured for the
midges. The no–observable effect concentration values for growth ranged from 0.10 to 633 μg/g OC for the nine pesticides.
For the amphipods, fenpropathrin was the most toxic, with an LC50 of 1–2 μg/g OC. Abamectin, diazinon, and methyl parathion were all moderately toxic (LC50s 2.8–26 μg/g OC). Dicofol, indoxacarb, oxyfluorfen, propargite, and pyraclostrobin were all relatively nontoxic, with LC50s greater than the highest concentrations tested. The toxicity information collected in the present study will be helpful
in decreasing the frequency of unexplained sediment toxicity in agricultural waterways. 相似文献
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Alan M MacEachren Michael S Stryker Ian J Turton Scott Pezanowski 《International journal of health geographics》2010,9(1):23
Background
The volume of health science publications is escalating rapidly. Thus, keeping up with developments is becoming harder as is the task of finding important cross-domain connections. When geographic location is a relevant component of research reported in publications, these tasks are more difficult because standard search and indexing facilities have limited or no ability to identify geographic foci in documents. This paper introduces HEALTH GeoJunction, a web application that supports researchers in the task of quickly finding scientific publications that are relevant geographically and temporally as well as thematically. 相似文献13.
Oyama T Kagawa N Kim YD Matsumoto A Isse T Kawamoto T 《Environmental health and preventive medicine》2003,7(6):230-234
Most chemical carcinogens are metabolized and activated in vivo by phase I enzymes including the microsomal cytochromes P450
and epoxide hydroxylases. The carcinogens and their metabolites are detoxified by phase II enzymes that in clude various transferases
such as glutathion-S-transferases (GST). Increasing numbers of studies have demonstrated the association of the polymorphisms
inGSTM1 (a member of GST) andCYP1A1 genes with the susceptibility to lung cancer. Subsequently, the polymorphisms appear to be important biomarkers that provide
information for assessment of exposure and total burden of environmental carcinogens. Therefore, the investigation of the
polymorphisms in these genes will provide information not only for the prediction of individual cancer risk but also for the
prevention of cancer. In this review, we will summarize the polymorphisms in theGSTM1 andCYP1A1 genes and their relation to lung cancer susceptibility. 相似文献
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Clare Watkinson Esther MF van Sluijs Stephen Sutton Theresa Marteau Simon J Griffin 《BMC public health》2010,10(1):144
Background
While there are increasing data implicating poor recognition of physical inactivity as a potential barrier to healthy behaviour change, the efficacy of feedback to promote physical activity is uncertain. Using a randomised controlled trial nested within a population-based cohort study, we plan to test three variations of physical activity feedback against a control group. Our primary objective is to assess the efficacy of physical activity feedback in promoting physical activity behaviour change. Secondary objectives are to determine the influence of feedback on physical activity awareness and cognitions, and to compare behavioural effects by type of feedback. 相似文献15.
Thilagam H Gopalakrishnan S Vijayavel K Raja PV 《Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology》2008,54(4):674-683
The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has established a suite of methods that use coastal invertebrate species as
bioassay organisms to test industrial and domestic effluent as well as coastal waters for potential toxicity. Although these
methods are used globally, the potential of such toxicity tests has not been adequately explored for Asian coastal waters.
This study describes bioassay utilizing the gametes of Hydroides elegans to monitor coastal water quality and is based on the sensitivity of H. elegans embryo and larva to different concentrations of effluents and water samples collected from different regions of east coast
of India. Among the water samples collected from different regions, seawater from Ennore station showed decrease in percentage
of development, and 25% effluent concentration led to development arrest of H. elegans embryos. The different morphological effects produced by effluents clearly reflect the defect in early differentiation of
embryonic cells. Since fertilization can be inhibited in the presence of any xenobiotic, both fertilization and early development
can be used as a biological indicator for a rapid bioassay to monitor pollution. Toxicity tests utilizing early life stages
of H. elegans are suitable for the assessment of effects produced by low levels of pollutants due to their high sensitivity to various
contaminants relative to other marine species and also due to the relative simplicity of the bioassay. 相似文献
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The impacts of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) from domestic effluents on rivers were evaluated. The hourly DMF concentrations in the inflows (0.21–0.52 μg/L in mean) and the outflows (0.18–0.62 μg/L in mean) of two sewage treatment plants did not show any characteristic variations, and DMF was not removed at both plants. The monthly variations of DMF in the outflows of four sewage treatment plants (0.16–0.62 μg/L in mean) and three rivers (0.06–0.11 μg/L in mean) into which the outflows of the plants were discharged did not show any significant variations. The domestic DMF load per person was calculated to be 0.25 mg/d/person. The percent DMF loads of domestic effluents in the rivers were estimated to be below (8%–32%). 相似文献
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Background
Diarrhea is a major contributor to the burden of morbidity and mortality in children; it accounts for a median of 11% of all deaths among children aged less than 5 years, amounting to approximately 0.8 million deaths per year. Currently there is a dearth of literature exploring the effectiveness of antibiotics for diarrhea due to Cholera, Shigella and cryptosporidiosis in children.Methods
We reviewed the literature reporting the effect of antibiotics for the treatment of diarrhea due to Cholera, Shigella and Cryptosporidium in children under five years. We used a standardized abstraction and grading format and performed meta-analyses to determine the effect of the treatment with various antibiotics on mortality and rates of clinical and bacteriological/parasitological failure. The CHERG Standard Rules were applied to determine the final effect of treatment with antibiotics on diarrhea morbidity and mortality.Results
For Cholera; the evidence was weak to recommend any effect on mortality. For Shigella; there was no data on mortality; either all-cause or cause specific, hence we used clinical failure rates as a proxy for Shigella deaths and propose that treatment of Shigella dysentery with antibiotics can result in a 82% reduction in diarrhea mortality due to Shigella. For cryptosporidiosis; there was data on all-cause mortality but the evidence was weak hence we used clinical failure rates as a proxy for mortality to estimate that antimicrobial treatment of diarrhea due to cryptosporidiosis can result in a 54% reduction in mortality.Conclusions
There is evidence to recommend antibiotic use for reduction of morbidity and mortality due to Cholera, Shigella and Cryptosporidium. We recommend that more clinical trials should be conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of first- and second- line drugs currently in use for treatment for diarrhea and dysentery in both developing and developed countries.18.
The Israel Journal of Health Policy Research (IJHPR) is about to complete its third year of publication. Over the past year, the journal received its first impact factor, three of its articles crossed the 10,000 accesses threshold, submissions increased by 50%, and the journal published its fifth article collection. These accomplishments are due to the combined efforts of the National Institute of Health Policy and its leadership team, IJHPR's editorial board, our publisher BioMed Central, and the journal's authors, commentators and reviewers from Israel and around the world.In Jewish tradition, the transition from a new endeavor's third year to its fourth year is full of significance, reflecting a phase transition in terms of maturity and stability. After 3 years of publication, IJHPR is also in the process of moving into a new phase; a more mature phase, with greater stability and a firmer place in the professional literature. We hope that this stability can be used as a springboard for further innovation, experimentation and growth. 相似文献
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Maria Cristina Verdenelli Francesca Ghelfi Stefania Silvi Carla Orpianesi Cinzia Cecchini Alberto Cresci 《European journal of nutrition》2009,48(6):355-363
Background
The possibility of using microbes to maintain health, and to prevent or treat disease is a topic as old as microbiology. The research of novel probiotic strains is important in order to satisfy the increasing request of the market and to obtain functional products in which the probiotic cultures are more active and with better probiotic characteristics than those already present on the market. 相似文献20.
Rotifers are one of the smallest metazoans. They serve as a model organism for ecotoxicological studies. More than 60% of
the lakes in China are increasingly eutrophic and they are susceptible to blooms of Microcystis aeruginosa. We investigated the effects of M. aeruginosa on the survival and reproduction of Brachionus calyciflorus using the life table method at different temperatures. The findings showed that concentration of M. aeruginosa significantly affected the intrinsic rate of increase (rm), net reproductive rate (R0), average lifespan (L) and offspring number (p < 0.05). Temperature also significantly affected the generation time (T), average lifespan (L) and offspring number (p < 0.05). Moreover, the interaction between temperature and concentration had statistically significant effects on offspring
number (p < 0.05). M. aeruginosa suppressed the survival and reproduction of B. calyciflorus, particularly at a concentration of 106 cells/mL. The rm values of the rotifers exposed at 106 cells/mL decreased more than 200% compared with those of the control group. However, at a lower concentration, 104 cells/mL, M. aeruginosa may supply appropriate nourishment to rotifers. In addition, at concentrations of 105 and 106 cells/mL, the inhibition of rotifers by M. aeruginosa heightened with increasing temperature. 相似文献