ROS-induced hepatotoxicity under cypermethrin: involvement of the crosstalk between Nrf2/Keap1 and NF-κB/iκB-α pathways regulated by proteasome

H Zhao, Y Wang, Y Liu, K Yin, D Wang… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cypermethrin (CMN) is a man-made insecticide, and its abuse has led to potential adverse
effects, particularly in sensitive populations such as aquatic organisms. The present study …

Isolation and characterization of nitroguanidine-degrading microorganisms

J Kim, ME Fuller, PB Hatzinger, KH Chu - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitroguanidine (NQ) is a component of newly developed insensitive munition (IM)
formulations which are more resistant to impact, friction, heat, or sparks than conventional …

Elucidating the mechanisms associated with the anaerobic biotransformation of the emerging contaminant nitroguanidine

EE Rios-Valenciana, O Menezes, J Romero… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Nitroguanidine (NQ) is a constituent of gas generators for automobile airbags, smokeless
pyrotechnics, insecticides, propellants, and new insensitive munitions formulations applied …

Photo-transformation of aqueous nitroguanidine and 3-nitro-1, 2, 4-triazol-5-one: Emerging munitions compounds

JB Becher, SA Beal, S Taylor, K Dontsova, DE Wilcox - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Two major components of insensitive munition formulations, nitroguanidine (NQ) and 3-nitro-
1, 2, 4-triazol-5-one (NTO), are highly water soluble and therefore likely to photo-transform …

Oxidative degradation of nitroguanidine (NQ) by UV-C and oxidants: Hydrogen peroxide, persulfate and peroxymonosulfate

A Terracciano, A Koutsospyros, C Christodoulatos… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Nitroguanidine (NQ), a component used in insensitive munitions formulations, has high
solubility which often leads to highly contaminated wastewater streams. In this work, batch …

Reductive transformation of the insensitive munitions compound nitroguanidine by different iron-based reactive minerals

EE Rios-Valenciana, O Menezes, XZ Niu… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nitroguanidine (NQ) is an emerging contaminant being used by the military as a constituent
of new insensitive munitions. NQ is also used in rocket propellants, smokeless pyrotechnics …

Photo degradation kinetics of insensitive munitions constituents nitroguanidine, nitrotriazolone, and dinitroanisole in natural waters

LC Moores, SJ Jones, GW George… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Herein the matrix effects on the kinetics of aqueous photolysis for the individual munitions
constituents of IMX-101: nitroguanidine (NQ), dinitroanisole (DNAN), and nitrotriazolone …

Identifying degradation products responsible for increased toxicity of UV-Degraded insensitive munitions

LC Moores, AJ Kennedy, L May, SM Jordan, AJ Bednar… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Degradation of insensitive munitions (IMs) by ultraviolet (UV) light has become a topic of
concern following observations that some UV-degradation products have increased toxicity …

Electrochemical Destruction of Insensitive High Explosives Using Magnéli Phase Titanium Oxide Reactive Electrochemical Membranes

SMM Islam, BP Chaplin - ACS ES&T Engineering, 2024 - ACS Publications
Magnéli phase Ti4O7 reactive electrochemical membranes (REMs) were studied for the
oxidation of insensitive high explosives, specifically 2, 4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) and …

Subchronic, chronic, lethal and sublethal toxicity of insensitive munitions mixture formulations relative to individual constituents in Hyalella azteca

GR Lotufo, JK Stanley, P Chappell, NL Melby… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Insensitive munitions (IMs) are replacing conventional munitions, improving safety from
unintended detonation. IMs are deployed in mixture formulations but little is known about …