Systematic evaluation of chiral pesticides at the enantiomeric level: A new strategy for the development of highly effective and less harmful pesticides

Z Meng, J Cui, R Li, W Sun, X Bao, J Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, pesticides have been used in large quantities, and they pose
potential risks to organisms across various environments. Reducing the use of pesticides …

Hormesis induced by silver iodide, hydrocarbons, microplastics, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals: Implications for agroforestry ecosystems health

E Agathokleous, D Barceló, J Rinklebe, C Sonne… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing amounts of silver iodide (AgI) in the environment are expected because of the
recent massive expansion of weather modification programs. Concurrently …

Green aspects during synthesis, application and chromatographic analysis of chiral pesticides

H Musarurwa, NT Tavengwa - Trends in Environmental Analytical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The agro-industry uses large quantities of chiral pesticides to mitigate the detrimental effects
of pests on crops. Pesticides play a very important role of insuring food security in the world …

Earthworms synergize with indigenous soil functional microorganisms to accelerate the preferential degradation of the highly toxic S-enantiomer of the fungicide …

L Han, K Fang, X You, Y Li, X Wang, J Wang - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The roles of soil and earthworm gut microorganisms in the degradation of the chiral
fungicide imazalil (IMA) enantiomers were systemically studied in soil-earthworm systems. S …

Developmental toxicity and transcriptome analysis of zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos following exposure to chiral herbicide safener benoxacor

S Liu, X Deng, L Bai - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Benoxacor, a chiral herbicide safener for S-metolachlor, has been detected in streams.
However, the potential risk this poses to aquatic ecosystems is not clear. This study used …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of antibiotic norfloxacin on the degradation and enantioselectivity of the herbicides in aquatic environment

F Wang, J Gao, W Zhai, J Cui, D Liu, Z Zhou… - … and Environmental Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are currently extensively used in human medicine, animal farming, agriculture
and aquaculture, and their residue has become a global environmental problem. However …

Earthworms accelerated the degradation of the highly toxic acetochlor S-enantiomer by stimulating soil microbiota in repeatedly treated soils

L Han, K Fang, Y Liu, J Fang, F Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effects of earthworms on the enantioselective degradation of
chloroacetamide herbicide acetochlor with soil microorganisms in repeatedly treated soils …

Amide herbicides: Analysis of their environmental fate, combined plant–microorganism soil remediation scheme, and risk prevention and control strategies for …

F Wu, Z Wang, X Li, X Wang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we predicted the environmental fate of amide herbicides (AHs) using the EQC
(EQuilibrium Criterion) model. We found that the soil phase is the main reservoir of AHs in …

Enantioselective thyroid disruption in zebrafish embryo-larvae via exposure to environmental concentrations of the chloroacetamide herbicide acetochlor

C Xu, X Sun, L Niu, W Yang, W Tu, L Lu, S Song… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Acetochlor (ACT) is a chiral chloroacetamide pesticide that has been heavily used around
the world, resulting in its residues being frequently found in surface waters. It has been …

Stereoselective bioactivity, acute toxicity and dissipation in typical paddy soils of the chiral fungicide propiconazole

X Pan, Y Cheng, F Dong, N Liu, J Xu, X Liu… - Journal of hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
Propiconazole is a widely used systemic agricultural triazole fungicide with two chiral
centers. In the present study, systemic assessments of propiconazole stereoisomers are …