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 …

Phytoremediation of toxic metals present in soil and water environment: a critical review

VS Kanwar, A Sharma, AL Srivastav, L Rani - Environmental Science and …, 2020 - Springer
Heavy metals are one of the most hazardous inorganic contaminants of both water and soil
environment composition. Normally, heavy metals are non-biodegradable in nature because …

The advanced role of carbon quantum dots in nanomedical applications

P Devi, S Saini, KH Kim - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) have emerged as a potential material in the diverse fields of
biomedical applications due to their numerous advantageous properties including …

Biosensor for heavy metals detection in wastewater: A review

K Velusamy, S Periyasamy, PS Kumar… - Food and Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pollution due to heavy metals is a global issue in recent years. Initially, there were fewer
contaminants, which has increased exponentially owing to rapid industrialization and …

Microbial electrochemical sensor for water biotoxicity monitoring

N Chu, Q Liang, W Hao, Y Jiang, P Liang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of low cost, convenient, and efficient biosensors is critical for water
biotoxicity monitoring. Microbial electrochemical sensors employ electrode-biofilm as the …

[HTML][HTML] Biomass valorization of walnut shell into biochar as a resource for electrochemical simultaneous detection of heavy metal ions in water and soil samples …

Y El Hamdouni, S El Hajjaji, T Szabo, L Trif… - Arabian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lately, due to its accessibility and eco-friendliness, walnut shell biochar (WS-BC) is gaining
attention as an electrode material component in the electrochemical detection of water …

A review on the industrial wastewater with the efficient treatment techniques

A Kumar, A Thakur, PS Panesar - Chemical Papers, 2023 - Springer
Nowadays, a debate related to water pollution is going on due to its growing noticeable
effects on the ecosystem. The treatment of industrial wastewater has become a great …

Simultaneous detection and determination of mercury (II) and lead (II) ions through the achievement of novel functional nucleic acid-based biosensors

Z Khoshbin, MR Housaindokht, A Verdian… - Biosensors and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The serious threats of mercury (Hg 2+) and lead (Pb 2+) ions for the public health makes it
important to achieve the detection methods of the ions with high affinity and specificity. Metal …

Progress in the sensing techniques for heavy metal ions using nanomaterials

P Kumar, KH Kim, V Bansal, T Lazarides… - Journal of industrial and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The widespread pollution of toxic metals has drawn much attention due to its potential to
harm both human health and the environment. Recently, a large volume of scientific …

Progress in smartphone-enabled aptasensors

Q ul ain Zahra, SAH Mohsan, F Shahzad… - Biosensors and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite their high analytical performance, conventional analytical biosensor devices are
usually difficult to handle, time-consuming, bulky and expensive. As a result, their …