[HTML][HTML] Toxicity of nitriles/amides-based products in the environment and their enzymatic bioremediation

JK Peter, R Singh, AK Yadav, R Kothari… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitrile and amide-based products exhibit substantial influence within our societal framework,
manifesting extensive utilization. Commercial products such as Nitrile Butadiene Rubber …

An insecticide target in mechanoreceptor neurons

X Qiao, X Zhang, Z Zhou, L Guo, W Wu, S Ma… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Hundreds of neurotoxic insecticides are currently in use. However, only a few direct targets
have been identified. Here, using Drosophila and the insecticide flonicamid, we identified …

The molecular physiology and toxicology of inward rectifier potassium channels in insects

PM Piermarini, JS Denton… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Inward rectifier K+ (Kir) channels have been studied extensively in mammals, where they
play critical roles in health and disease. In insects, Kir channels have recently been found to …

Zebrafish larvae rapidly recover from locomotor effects and neuromuscular alterations induced by cholinergic insecticides

S Könemann, M von Wyl… - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Owing to the importance of acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter, many insecticides target the
cholinergic system. Across phyla, cholinergic signaling is essential for many neuro …

Occurrence and ecological risks of flonicamid and its metabolites in multiple substrates from intensive rice–vegetable rotations in tropical China

H Tan, L Wang, L Mo, C Wu, Q Xing, X Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rice–vegetable rotations are dominant in (sub)-tropical agriculture worldwide. However, fate
and risks of the insecticide flonicamid (FLO) and its main degradates (collectively called …

Biodegradation of the Insecticide Flonicamid by Alcaligenes faecalis CGMCC 17553 via Hydrolysis and Hydration Pathways Mediated by Nitrilase

WL Yang, LL Guo, ZL Dai, RC Qin… - Journal of agricultural …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Flonicamid (N-cyanomethyl-4-trifluoromethylnicotinamide, FLO), a novel selective systemic
pyridinecarboxamide insecticide, effectively controls hemipterous pests. However, microbial …

Novel biodegradation pathway of insecticide flonicamid mediated by an amidase and its unusual substrate spectrum

H Jiang, P Yuan, J Ding, H Wu, L Wang, K Chen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The insecticide flonicamid (FLO) and its main degradation intermediate 4-
trifluoromethylnicotinamide (TFNA-AM) are hazardous to the environment and animals …

Risk Assessment of Flonicamid Resistance in Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae): Resistance Monitoring, Inheritance, and Cross-Resistance Potential

N Abbas, M Abubakar, MW Hassan… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Flonicamid is a chordotonal modulator and novel systemic insecticide that has been used
frequently for controlling a broad range of insect pests. The risk of flonicamid resistance was …

Comparison of Established and Novel Insecticides on Survival and Reproduction of Folsomia candida

WJ Martin, PK Sibley, RS Prosser - … Toxicology and Chemistry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Neonicotinoids have been among the most widely and abundantly used insecticides for
most of the current century. The effects of these substances on nontarget terrestrial and …

Rapid Degradation of Hazardous Amides by Immobilized Engineered Pseudomonas putida KT2440 Based on a Novel Gene Expression Vector

H Jiang, X Yu, J Guo, G Shang… - Journal of Agricultural and …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The amides 4-trifluoromethylnicotinamide, acrylamide, and benzamide are widely used in
agriculture and industry, posing hazards to the environment and animals. Immobilized …