ORGANOCLORATED AND ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDES IN THE PELOTAS RIVER SEDIMENT

Distribution of organochlorine pesticides in a sediment profile of the Pearl River estuary.

The lymphocytic cholinergic system and its modulation by organophosphorus pesticides.

Clinical and basic mechanism observations reveal interactions between neural and immune systems. These two systems create a complex network for recognizing danger to the host and its protection from outside pathogenic elements as well as from inside overreactions of inflammatory character. Here, we review the interactions of these two systems in relation to the effects of pesticides that clearl...

Organophosphorus hydrolase-based assay for organophosphate pesticides

We report a rapid and versatile organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH)-based method for measurement of organophosphates. This assay is based on a substrate-dependent change in pH at the local vicinity of the enzyme. The pH change is monitored using fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), which is covalently immobilized to the enzyme. This method employs the use of poly(methyl methacrylate) beads to which ...

Lysozyme-sensitive bioemulsifier for immiscible organophosphorus pesticides.

Two Bacillus strains capable of emulsifying immiscible organophosphorus pesticides were isolated by enrichment methods. The emulsifying factor produced by Bacillus strain FE-2 has a high molecular weight, is Iysozyme sensitive and thermostable, and can be precipitated with trichloroacetic acid or ammonium sulfate; it may be a glycolipopeptide. It is specific for immiscible organophosphorus pest...

Organophosphorus Pesticides - Mechanisms Of Their Toxicity

In this rapidly developing, capitalist world, people are continually exposed to numerous environmental pollutants such as industrial waste, polluted air and pesticides. These invariably comprise complex mixtures of chemicals. The effects of the mixtures and their mode of action in humans are insufficiently well studied. The majority of pollutants are potentially toxic for organisms, some being ...