Heavy metal contamination in agricultural soil: environmental pollutants affecting crop health

A Rashid, BJ Schutte, A Ulery, MK Deyholos, S Sanogo… - Agronomy, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Heavy metals and metalloids (HMs) are environmental pollutants, most notably cadmium,
lead, arsenic, mercury, and chromium. When HMs accumulate to toxic levels in agricultural …

Heavy metals and human health: Possible exposure pathways and the competition for protein binding sites

D Witkowska, J Słowik, K Chilicka - Molecules, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Heavy metals enter the human body through the gastrointestinal tract, skin, or via inhalation.
Toxic metals have proven to be a major threat to human health, mostly because of their …

Colorimetric sensing for translational applications: from colorants to mechanisms

Z **, W Yim, M Retout, E Housel, W Zhong… - Chemical Society …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Colorimetric sensing offers instant reporting via visible signals. Versus labor-intensive and
instrument-dependent detection methods, colorimetric sensors present advantages …

A rapid and specific fluorescent probe based on aggregation-induced emission enhancement for mercury ion detection in living systems

Y An, B Li, Y Yu, Y Zhou, J Yi, L Li, Y Sun… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Mercury is a harmful heavy metal that seriously threatens the environment and organisms. In
this study, we combined the aggregation-induced emission mechanism and the advantages …

[HTML][HTML] Hesperidin and hesperetin against heavy metal toxicity: Insight on the molecular mechanism of mitigation

AC Famurewa, K Renu, MA Eladl… - Biomedicine & …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Toxic heavy metals (THMs) are non-essential hazardous environmental pollutants with
intractable health challenges in humans and animals. Exposure to lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) …

Ferroptosis as a mechanism of non-ferrous metal toxicity

M Aschner, AV Skalny, AC Martins, AI Sinitskii… - Archives of …, 2022‏ - Springer
Ferroptosis is a recently discovered form of regulated cell death, implicated in multiple
pathologies. Given that the toxicity elicited by some metals is linked to alterations in iron …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial oxidative stress is the general reason for apoptosis induced by different-valence heavy metals in cells and mitochondria

SM Korotkov - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
This review analyzes the causes and consequences of apoptosis resulting from oxidative
stress that occurs in mitochondria and cells exposed to the toxic effects of different-valence …

[HTML][HTML] Mercury contamination in fish and its effects on the health of pregnant women and their fetuses, and guidance for fish consumption—a narrative review

B Chen, S Dong - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
As a principal source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids (3FAs), which provide vital health
benefits, fish consumption also comes with the additional benefit of being rich in diverse …

Self-assembling fluorescent hydrogel for highly efficient water purification and photothermal conversion

M Li, M Yang, B Liu, H Guo, H Wang, X Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Employing fluorescent hydrogels for hazardous Hg (II) detection and removal is an efficient
method for water purification. However, it remains challenging to establish a fluorescent …

Antimicrobial nanomaterials as advanced coatings for self-sanitizing of textile clothing and personal protective equipment

P Singh, SW Ali, RD Kale - ACS omega, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Controlling bioaerosols has become increasingly critical in affecting human health. Natural
product treatment in the nano form is a potential method since it has lower toxicity than …