Several pesticides suspected or known to have endocrine disrupting effects were screened for pro- or antiandrogenic properties by determining their effects on proliferation, prostatic-specific antigen (PSA) secretion and androgen receptor (AR) expression, and AR phosphorylation in androgen-dependent LNCaP human prostate cancer cells, as well as on the expression and catalytic activity of the en...

The aim of this study was to test a biofungicide based on Bacillus subtilis Ch-13 and its effectiveness in the control green mould disease cultivated mushroom comparison with fungicide prochloraz. Biofungicide impact yield were evaluated Agaricus bisporus after natural infection Trichoderma aggressivum commercial growing facility. An assay for testing microbial efficacy conducted two different ...

Capillary zone electrophoresis with UV detection was applied to the simultaneous determination of thiabendazole, prochloraz and procymidone in grapes. Electrolyte conditions such as pH, composition and concentration of the buffer, addition of organic solvent and working voltage were checked to obtain a high-performance separation of the three fungicides (by measurement of separation efficiency ...

The chemical structure of the cell wall of two isolates of Verticillium fungicolacollected from diseased fruit bodies of the commercial mushroom Agaricus bisporus treated with the fungicide Prochloraz-Mn was analyzed. The isolates were obtained during different periods of time and grown in the absence and presence of the LD(50) values of the fungicide for V. fungicola. In addition, another V. f...

Lipophilic pollutants can accumulate in human white adipose tissue (WAT), and the consequences of this accumulation are still poorly understood. Cytochromes P450 (P450s) have recently been found in rat WAT and shown to be inducible through mechanisms similar to those in the liver. The aim of our study was to describe the cytochrome P450 pattern and their induction mechanisms in human WAT. Expla...

Sexual crosses were used to determine the genetic basis of resistance to the sterol 14 alpha-demethylase inhibitor fungicide prochloraz in the cereal eyespot pathogen Tapesia yallundae. Three different crosses between sensitive parental strains (22-432 and 22-433 [the concentration required to inhibit growth by 50% (IG(50)) for each was </=0.03 mg/liter]) and field isolates from France and New ...

BACKGROUND Postharvest application of fungicide prochloraz and hot-water dip are commercially practiced to control postharvest diseases in mangoes. Owing to the increasing consumer demand for organically produced fruit, the search for natural environmentally friendly alternative products and processes has become important for the fruit industry. This study evaluated the combined effect of 1-met...

An effective analysis method was developed based on a chemometric tool for the simultaneous quantification of five different post-harvest pesticides (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), carbendazim, thiabendazole, iprodione, and prochloraz) in fruits and vegetables. In the modified QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe) method, the factors and responses for optimization o...