Phytoremediation as a green biotechnology tool for emerging environmental pollution: a step forward towards sustainable rehabilitation of the environment

MB Kurade, YH Ha, JQ Xiong, SP Govindwar… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The industrial revolution in the production of pharmaceuticals and personal care products
(PPCPs) has significantly improved public health in recent years. However, this …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental impact of estrogens on human, animal and plant life: A critical review

M Adeel, X Song, Y Wang, D Francis, Y Yang - Environment international, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Since the inception of global industrialization, steroidal estrogens have become
an emerging and serious concern. Worldwide, steroid estrogens including estrone, estradiol …

Uptake and accumulation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in plants

W Wang, G Rhodes, J Ge, X Yu, H Li - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a class of persistent organic contaminants
that are ubiquitous in the environment and have been found to be accumulated in …

Variability of pesticide dissipation half-lives in plants

P Fantke, R Juraske - Environmental science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Information on dissipation kinetics of pesticides in food crops and other plants is a key
aspect in current risk and impact assessment practice. This is because human exposure to …

Estimating half-lives for pesticide dissipation from plants

P Fantke, BW Gillespie, R Juraske… - Environmental science & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Pesticide risk and impact assessment models critically rely on and are sensitive to
information describing dissipation from plants. Despite recent progress, experimental data …

Biochemistry and molecular basis of intracellular flavonoid transport in plants

B Pucker, D Selmar - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Flavonoids are a biochemically diverse group of specialized metabolites in plants that are
derived from phenylalanine. While the biosynthesis of the flavonoid aglycone is highly …

Uptake and accumulation of four PPCP/EDCs in two leafy vegetables

LK Dodgen, J Li, D Parker, JJ Gan - Environmental Pollution, 2013 - Elsevier
Many pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) and endocrine-disrupting
chemicals (EDCs) are present in reclaimed water, leading to concerns of human health risks …

Chitosan a versatile adsorbent in environmental remediation in the era of circular economy-a mini review

S Rebello, S Sali, MS Jisha, R Reshmy… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Restoration of environmental health is a major concern to the healthy sustenance of life on
Earth. Multidirectional efforts in this direction are envisaged to this common aim and the use …

Analysing half-lives for pesticide dissipation in plants

RE Jacobsen, P Fantke, S Trapp - SAR and QSAR in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Overall dissipation of pesticides from plants is frequently measured, but the contribution of
individual loss processes is largely unknown. We use a pesticide fate model for the …

Brassinosteroid alleviates polychlorinated biphenyls-induced oxidative stress by enhancing antioxidant enzymes activity in tomato

GJ Ahammed, YP Ruan, J Zhou, XJ Xia, K Shi… - Chemosphere, 2013 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent organic pollutants often found in the
atmosphere. Phytoremediation of airborne PCBs is an emerging new concept to minimize …