Plant-based products such as essential oils and other extracts have been used for centuries
due to their beneficial properties. Currently, their use is widely disseminated through a …

In recent decades, antibiotic residues in the environment have increased, affecting
components of biological communities, from bacteria to plants and animals. Different …

Adaptive responses of plants are important not only for local processes in populations and
communities but also for global processes in the biosphere through the primary production …

Hormesis (low-dose stimulation and high-dose inhibition) can be accompanied by hormetic
trade-offs, that is, stimulation of some traits and inhibition (trade-off 1) or invariability (trade …

In recent years, evidence for plant hormesis has been rapidly accumulating. However, many
dimensions of hormesis induced by low-dose stressors with various mechanisms underlying …

The recent recognition that low doses of herbicides, human and veterinary antibiotics,
metallic elements, micro/nano-plastics, and various other types of environmental pollutants …

Microplastic and antibiotic contamination are considered an increasing environmental
problem in aquatic systems, while little is known about the impact of microplastics and co …

Fungal infections pose a significant global health burden, resulting in millions of severe
cases and deaths annually. The escalating demand for effective antifungal treatments has …

Azole fungicides are frequently detected as water contaminants due to extensive societal
use, and these broad-spectrum antifungal chemicals can cause harmful effects in non-target …

Pesticides are commonly found in the environment and pose a risk to target and non-target
species; therefore, employing a set of bioassays to rapidly assess the toxicity of these …