Recent strategies for removal and degradation of persistent & toxic organochlorine pesticides using nanoparticles: a review

M Rani, U Shanker, V Jassal - Journal of environmental management, 2017 - Elsevier
Organochlorines (OCs) are the most hazardous class of pesticides, therefore, banned or
restricted in several countries. The major sources of OCs include food industries, agriculture …

Temporal decline of sperm concentration: role of endocrine disruptors

R Cannarella, M Gül, A Rambhatla, A Agarwal - Endocrine, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Male infertility is a widespread disease with an etiology that is not always clear.
A number of studies have reported a decrease in sperm production in the last forty years …

Endocrine disruptors leading to obesity and related diseases

D Petrakis, L Vassilopoulou, C Mamoulakis… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
The review aims to comprehensively present the impact of exposure to endocrine disruptors
(EDs) in relation to the clinical manifestation of obesity and related diseases, including …

Inhibition of testicular steroidogenesis by the xenoestrogen bisphenol A is associated with reduced pituitary luteinizing hormone secretion and decreased …

BT Akingbemi, CM Sottas, AI Koulova… - …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Exposure of humans to bisphenol A (BPA), a monomer in polycarbonate plastics and a
constituent of resins used in food packaging and dentistry, is significant. In this report …

Pesticide methoxychlor promotes the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of adult-onset disease through the female germline

M Manikkam, MM Haque, C Guerrero-Bosagna… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Environmental compounds including fungicides, plastics, pesticides, dioxin and
hydrocarbons can promote the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of adult-onset …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of environmental contaminants on testicular function

PP Mathur, SC D'cruz - Asian journal of andrology, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Male reproductive health has deteriorated considerably in the last few decades. Nutritional,
socioeconomic, lifestyle and environmental factors (among others) have been attributed to …

Insecticide imidacloprid induces morphological and DNA damage through oxidative toxicity on the reproductive organs of developing male rats

R Bal, M Naziroğlu, G Türk, Ö Yilmaz… - Cell biochemistry …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated whether treatment with imidacloprid would induce morphological changes,
DNA fragmentation, antioxidant imbalance and apoptosis in the reproductive system of …

Inhibitors of testosterone biosynthetic and metabolic activation enzymes

L Ye, ZJ Su, RS Ge - Molecules, 2011 - mdpi.com
The Leydig cells of the testis have the capacity to biosynthesize testosterone from
cholesterol. Testosterone and its metabolically activated product dihydrotestosterone are …

Molecular mechanism (s) of endocrine‐disrupting chemicals and their potent oestrogenicity in diverse cells and tissues that express oestrogen receptors

HR Lee, EB Jeung, MH Cho, TH Kim… - Journal of cellular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Endocrine‐disrupting chemicals (EDC s) are natural or synthetic compounds present in the
environment which can interfere with hormone synthesis and normal physiological functions …

Predictive model of rat reproductive toxicity from ToxCast high throughput screening

MT Martin, TB Knudsen, DM Reif, KA Houck… - Biology of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The US Environmental Protection Agency's ToxCast research program uses high
throughput screening (HTS) for profiling bioactivity and predicting the toxicity of large …