The organochlorine pesticide, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), is still used to combat the spread of malaria in several developing countries despite its accumulation and known hepatotoxic effects that have been demonstrated both in vitro and in vivo. N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) is a recognized hepatoprotective agent that has been reported to reduce hepatotoxicity initiated by many different co...

Organochlorine pesticides were tested in order to establish optimal conditions for rapid detection in dried leafy matrices, using DRS software. In tests we have used dried Trifolium pratense herba fortified with OC pesticide mix, processed with modified QuEChERS method. Instrumental analysis was carried out complying Agilent "key" condition, column of 15 m, in which case the retention time for ...

The study highlights a deeper insight of the genes involved in the degradation of diverse number of refractory environmental pollutants, the pool of available genomic data needs to be enhanced. There seems to be a high urgency for such ecologically important microbes to be sequenced and their genomes to be critically analyzed. Sphingobium indicum B90A is the most efficient degrader of Hexachlor...