Comet assay: an essential tool in toxicological research

M Glei, T Schneider, W Schlörmann - Archives of toxicology, 2016 - Springer
The comet assay is a versatile, reliable, cost-efficient, and fast technique for detecting DNA
damage and repair in any tissue. It is useable in almost any cell type and applicable to both …

Systematic literature review of the take-home route of pesticide exposure via biomonitoring and environmental monitoring

N López-Gálvez, R Wagoner, L Quirós-Alcalá… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: Exposure to pesticides via take-home can be an important pathway for
farmworkers' families. Objective: The aim of this review was to summarize and analyze the …

Assessment of genotoxicity and cholinesterase activity among women workers occupationally exposed to pesticides in tea garden

V Dhananjayan, B Ravichandran, K Panjakumar… - … /Genetic Toxicology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
To assess the effects of exposure to pesticides in tea garden women workers, the present
study evaluated the activities of erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and plasma …

Personal samplers of bioavailable pesticides integrated with a hair follicle assay of DNA damage to assess environmental exposures and their associated risks in …

PA Vidi, KA Anderson, H Chen, R Anderson… - … /Genetic Toxicology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Agriculture in the United States employs youth ages ten and older in work
environments with high pesticide levels. Younger children in rural areas may also be …

Mechanism underlying the effect of long‐term exposure to low dose of pesticides on DNA integrity

R Alleva, N Manzella, S Gaetani… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Pesticides, including herbicides, insecticides and fungicides, are widely used in intensive
agriculture. Recently, the long‐term effects of pesticide exposure were found to be …

Urinary levels of organophosphate pesticides and predictors of exposure in pre-school and school children living in agricultural and urban communities from south …

B González-Alzaga, D Romero-Molina… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background. Despite the widespread use of organophosphate (OP) pesticides, information
on predictors of children's exposure to such pesticides is scarce. Objective. To assess …

Exposure to airborne pesticides and its residue in blood serum of paddy farmers in Malaysia

SK Rudzi, YB Ho, ESS Tan, J Jalaludin… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Pesticides manage pests and diseases in agriculture, but they harm the health
of agricultural workers. Concentrations of thirteen pesticides were determined in personal air …

The Comet Assay as a Tool in Human Biomonitoring Studies of Environmental and Occupational Exposure to Chemicals—A Systematic Scoping Review

C Ladeira, P Møller, L Giovannelli, G Gajski, A Haveric… - Toxics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Biomonitoring of human populations exposed to chemical substances that can act as
potential mutagens or carcinogens, may enable the detection of damage and early disease …

An Enzyme‐Based Biosensor for the Detection of Organophosphate Compounds Using Mutant Phosphotriesterase Immobilized onto Reduced Graphene Oxide

MS Mohd Razib, W Latip, JI Abdul Rashid… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Enzymatic detection of organophosphate (OP) compounds can be tailored using highly
sensitive and selective enzymes in the development of biosensors. Previously, mutant (YT) …

Biodegradation of carbofuran; a review

F Ariffin, SA Rahman - Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - journal.hibiscuspublisher.com
Pesticides are substances used for the destruction or control of pest. They include
insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides rats and mice, molluscides and others …