Screen-printed electrodes: Fabrication, modification, and biosensing applications

G Paimard, E Ghasali, M Baeza - Chemosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
As electrochemical measuring instruments, screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) are
constructed via a technology called thick film deposition onto plastic or ceramic substrates …

Food safety in sub-Sahara Africa, an insight into Ghana and Nigeria

D Christiana Cudjoe, GI Balali… - Environmental …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Food safety is a global concern in today's world, and harnessing food safety in Sub-Saharan
Africa, especially Nigeria and Ghana are momentous. This review presents an insight into …

Novel label-free electrochemical aptasensor for determination of Diazinon using gold nanoparticles-modified screen-printed gold electrode

S Hassani, MR Akmal, A Salek-Maghsoudi… - Biosensors and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The present study aimed to develop a highly sensitive label-free electrochemical aptasensor
for the detection of Diazinon (DZN), as one of the most widespread organophosphorus …

Quantification of heavy metals and pesticide residues in widely consumed Nigerian food crops using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) and gas chromatography …

KO Omeje, BO Ezema, F Okonkwo, NC Onyishi… - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
More still needs to be learned regards the relative contamination of heavy metals and
pesticide residues, particularly those found in widely consumed Nigerian food crops like …

A novel sensitive aptamer-based nanosensor using rGQDs and MWCNTs for rapid detection of diazinon pesticide

FF Talari, A Bozorg, F Faridbod, M Vossoughi - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
An optical apta-nanosensor was designed and developed based on reduced graphene
quantum dots (rGQDs) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and applied for the …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary risk assessment of organophosphate and carbamate pesticide residues in commonly eaten food crops.

OT Fatunsin, AO Oyeyiola, MO Moshood, LM Akanbi… - Scientific African, 2020 - Elsevier
This study seeks to quantify and assess the risk associated with the level of
organophosphate and carbamate pesticide residue in many foods commonly grown and …

Pesticide usage practices as sources of occupational exposure and health impacts on horticultural farmers in Meru County, Kenya

GM Marete, JO Lalah, J Mputhia, VW Wekesa - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
This study assessed pesticide usage practices, knowledge and health effects of pesticides
through occupational exposure in randomly selected horticultural farmers in Imenti North …

Organochlorine pesticide residues in plants and their possible ecotoxicological and agri food impacts

R Chandra, N Sharpanabharathi, BAK Prusty… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Scientific investigations on levels of Organochlorine Pesticide (OCP) residues in plants
largely consider the edible parts (crops, vegetables, and fruit plants). Though the non-edible …

Cellular metabolism and health impacts of dichlorvos: Occurrence, detection, prevention, and remedial strategies-A review

K Saravanakumar, SJ Park, S Vijayasarathy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Dichlorvos (2, 2-Dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate,[DDVP]) belongs to the class of
organophosphates and is widely used as an insecticide in agriculture farming and post …

Organophosphorus pesticide residues in soils and drinking water sources from cocoa producing areas in Ghana

BY Fosu-Mensah, ED Okoffo, G Darko… - Environmental Systems …, 2016 - Springer
Background Pests and diseases are recognised as major factors responsible for the decline
in cocoa yield in Ghana. This has resulted in an increased use of pesticides to increase …