Arsenic accumulation in rice: consequences of rice genotypes and management practices to reduce human health risk

S Islam, MM Rahman, MR Islam, R Naidu - Environment international, 2016 - Elsevier
Rice is an essential staple food and feeds over half of the world's population. Consumption
of rice has increased from limited intake in Western countries some 50 years ago to major …

Adsorptive properties of Moroccan clays for the removal of arsenic (V) from aqueous solution

Y Bentahar, C Hurel, K Draoui, S Khairoun… - Applied Clay …, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to study arsenic adsorption behavior onto clayey materials from
Morocco. Five samples were investigated: R-clay and Y-clay from Oued Laou (Tetouan …

Overexpression of Rice Glutaredoxin OsGrx_C7 and OsGrx_C2.1 Reduces Intracellular Arsenic Accumulation and Increases Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

PK Verma, S Verma, V Pande, S Mallick… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Glutaredoxins (Grxs) are a family of small multifunctional proteins involved in various cellular
functions, including redox regulation and protection under oxidative stress. Despite the high …

Apportionment of heavy metals in soil and vegetables and associated health risks assessment

MS Islam, MK Ahmed… - … research and risk …, 2016 - Springer
This study assessed the concentrations of seven common heavy metals such as chromium
(Cr), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in …

Exposure of children to arsenic in drinking water in the Tharparkar region of Sindh, Pakistan

KD Brahman, TG Kazi, HI Afridi, JA Baig… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Humans can be exposed to arsenic (As) through air, drinking water, and food. The aim of
this study was to calculate the hazard quotient (HQ) of As, based on its concentration in …

[HTML][HTML] Arsenic induced hematological and biochemical responses in nutritionally important catfish Clarias batrachus (L.)

R Kumar, TK Banerjee - Toxicology Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
The impact of sublethal toxicity of sodium arsenite on hematological and certain biochemical
parameters of the fresh water catfish Clarias batrachus has been analyzed following …

Diversity of arsenite oxidase gene and arsenotrophic bacteria in arsenic affected Bangladesh soils

SK Sanyal, TJ Mou, RP Chakrabarty, S Hoque… - AMB Express, 2016 - Springer
Arsenic (As) contaminated soils are enriched with arsenotrophic bacteria. The present study
analyzes the microbiome and arsenotrophic genes-from As affected soil samples of Bhanga …

The effects of arsenic contaminated drinking water of livestock on its total levels in milk samples of different cattle: Risk assessment in children

TG Kazi, KD Brahman, HI Afridi, MB Arain, FN Talpur… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
This work was carried out to evaluate the arsenic (As) levels in milk samples of different
milch animals, sheep, goats, cows, buffaloes and camels in Tharparkar, Pakistan. The …

[PDF][PDF] Heavy metals status in some commercially important fishes of Meghna river adjacent to Narsingdi District, Bangladesh: health risk assessment

MS Bhuyan, MA Bakar, MS Islam, A Akhtar - Am J Life Sci, 2016 - academia.edu
The present study was carried out to determine the heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Zn, Al, Cu, Ni, Fe,
Mn, Cr, Co) in the muscles of 32 fish species for 3 seasons in Meghna River. The heavy …

Evaluation of a cactus mucilage biocomposite to remove total arsenic from water

X Vecino, R Devesa-Rey, DM de Lima Stebbins… - … Technology & Innovation, 2016 - Elsevier
Mucilage fractions extracted from Opuntia ficus-indica cactus were captured in calcium
alginate biobeads. The beads were tested as eco-friendly adsorbents to remove arsenic (As) …