Heavy metals and pesticides toxicity in agricultural soil and plants: Ecological risks and human health implications

A Alengebawy, ST Abdelkhalek, SR Qureshi, MQ Wang - Toxics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Environmental problems have always received immense attention from scientists. Toxicants
pollution is a critical environmental concern that has posed serious threats to human health …

COVID-19: the inflammation link and the role of nutrition in potential mitigation

I Zabetakis, R Lordan, C Norton, A Tsoupras - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has engulfed the world, affecting more than 180 …

Copper bioavailability, uptake, toxicity and tolerance in plants: A comprehensive review

V Kumar, S Pandita, GPS Sidhu, A Sharma, K Khanna… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Copper (Cu) is an essential element for humans and plants when present in lesser amount,
while in excessive amounts it exerts detrimental effects. There subsists a narrow difference …

[HTML][HTML] Recent research and progress of biodegradable zinc alloys and composites for biomedical applications: Biomechanical and biocorrosion perspectives

H Kabir, K Munir, C Wen, Y Li - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodegradable metals (BMs) gradually degrade in vivo by releasing corrosion products once
exposed to the physiological environment in the body. Complete dissolution of …

The role of copper homeostasis in brain disease

Y An, S Li, X Huang, X Chen, H Shan… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the human body, copper is an important trace element and is a cofactor for several
important enzymes involved in energy production, iron metabolism, neuropeptide activation …

Revisiting fluorescent calixarenes: from molecular sensors to smart materials

R Kumar, A Sharma, H Singh, P Suating… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Calix [n] arenes (n= 4, 5, 6, 8) are “chalicelike” phenol-based macrocycles that are among
the most fascinating and highly studied scaffolds in supramolecular chemistry. This stems …

Environmental factors affecting thyroid-stimulating hormone and thyroid hormone levels

M Babić Leko, I Gunjača, N Pleić… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Thyroid hormones are necessary for the normal functioning of physiological systems.
Therefore, knowledge of any factor (whether genetic, environmental or intrinsic) that alters …

Maternal nutrition and neurodevelopment: a scoping review

MC Cortés-Albornoz, DP García-Guáqueta… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this scoping review, we examined the association between maternal nutrition during
pregnancy and neurodevelopment in offspring. We searched the Pubmed and …

Trophic transfer, bioaccumulation, and biomagnification of non-essential hazardous heavy metals and metalloids in food chains/webs—Concepts and implications for …

H Ali, E Khan - Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Heavy metals are transferred from the abiotic environment to living organisms, accumulated
in biota at different trophic levels, and thus contaminate the food chains/webs. Trophic …

Biosorption: an interplay between marine algae and potentially toxic elements—a review

M Bilal, T Rasheed, JE Sosa-Hernández, A Raza… - Marine drugs, 2018 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, environmental pollution has emerged as a core issue, around the globe,
rendering it of fundamental concern to eco-toxicologists, environmental biologists, eco …