Toxicological effects of major environmental pollutants: an overview

S Wasi, S Tabrez, M Ahmad - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2013 - Springer
The last quarter of the twentieth century had witnessed a global surge in awakening against
the unabated menace of environmental pollution. Among the various types of environmental …

Genotoxicity testing and biomarker studies on surface waters: an overview of the techniques and their efficacies

S Tabrez, S Shakil, M Urooj… - … Science and Health …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Rapid industrialization, use of modern agriculture practices, and fast urbanization vis-a-vis
indiscriminate use of xenobiotics have led to the serious problems of water pollution in India …

Insecticides: impact on the environment and human health

MS Ansari, MA Moraiet, S Ahmad - Environmental deterioration and …, 2014 - Springer
Insecticides have saved millions of human and animal lives since the date of their synthesis
and use. They have played an important role that brought revolution in the field of agriculture …

Major ions and irrigation water quality assessment of the Nepalese Himalayan rivers

CM Sharma, S Kang, L Tripathee, R Paudyal… - Environment …, 2021 - Springer
Water quality analysis of the Himalayan rivers for irrigation was carried out in 2013 that
include the Dudh Koshi, Indrawati, Gandaki and Bagmati rivers from Nepal. Former three …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater bacterial communities bring together broad-host range plasmids, integrons and a wide diversity of uncharacterized gene cassettes

A Moura, I Henriques, K Smalla, A Correia - Research in microbiology, 2010 - Elsevier
To investigate the mobile gene pool present in wastewater environments, total community
DNA was obtained from two distinct raw effluents: urban and slaughterhouse wastewaters …

Biological control of tomato bacterial speck using Punica granatum fruit peel extract

A Quattrucci, E Ovidi, A Tiezzi, V Vinciguerra… - Crop protection, 2013 - Elsevier
Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, the causal agent of tomato bacterial speck, is common in
greenhouses and fields all over Italy. The antibacterial activity of ethanol extracts of Punica …

Dimethoate induces genotoxicity as a result of oxidative stress: In vivo and in vitro studies

MS Silva, DV De Souza, MES Alpire… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Dimethoate ([O, O-dimethyl S-(N-methylcarbamoylmethyl) phosphorodithioate]) is
an organophosphate insecticide and acaricide widely used for agricultural purposes …

Molecular characterization of conjugative plasmids in pesticide tolerant and multi-resistant bacterial isolates from contaminated alluvial soil

R Anjum, E Grohmann, A Malik - Chemosphere, 2011 - Elsevier
A total of 35 bacteria from contaminated soil (cultivated fields) near pesticide industry from
Chinhat, Lucknow,(India) were isolated and tested for their tolerance/resistance to …

Assessment of mutagenic potential of pyrolysis biochars by Ames Salmonella/mammalian-microsomal mutagenicity test

R Anjum, N Krakat, MT Reza, M Klocke - Ecotoxicology and Environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Biochar is of raising interest in sustainable biomass utilization concepts. Particularly biochar
derived from pyrolysis attaches important agricultural capacities mandatory for an improved …

Assessment of cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of refinery waste effluent using plant, animal and bacterial systems

AK Gupta, M Ahmad - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
The work described here presents the toxic effect of Mathura refinery wastewater (MRWW) in
plant (Allium cepa), bacterial (E. coli K12) and human (blood) system. The samples were …