A critical review on the potential impacts of neonicotinoid insecticide use: current knowledge of environmental fate, toxicity, and implications for human health

DA Thompson, HJ Lehmler, DW Kolpin… - … Science: Processes & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Neonicotinoid insecticides are widely used in both urban and agricultural settings around
the world. Historically, neonicotinoid insecticides have been viewed as ideal replacements …

Human exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides and the evaluation of their potential toxicity: An overview

W Han, Y Tian, X Shen - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Neonicotinoid insecticides have become the fastest growing class of insecticides over the
past few decades. The insecticidal activity of neonicotinoids is attributed to their agonist …

A review of the direct and indirect effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on vertebrate wildlife

D Gibbons, C Morrissey, P Mineau - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2015 - Springer
Concerns over the role of pesticides affecting vertebrate wildlife populations have recently
focussed on systemic products which exert broad-spectrum toxicity. Given that the …

Neurotoxic effects of neonicotinoids on mammals: what is there beyond the activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors?—A systematic review

C Costas-Ferreira, LRF Faro - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neonicotinoids are a class of insecticides that exert their effect through a specific action on
neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). The success of these insecticides is …

Mechanism of neonicotinoid toxicity: impact on oxidative stress and metabolism

X Wang, A Anadón, Q Wu, F Qiao, I Ares… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Thousands of tons of neonicotinoids are widely used around the world as broad-spectrum
systemic insecticides and veterinary drugs. Researchers originally thought that …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of imidacloprid on hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity in male albino mice

Y Arfat, N Mahmood, MU Tahir, M Rashid, S Anjum… - Toxicology reports, 2014 - Elsevier
Imidacloprid (IC) is a systemic insecticide related to the tobacco toxin nicotine. IC is a toxic
substance frequently used into combat insects, rodents and plants pests and other creatures …

New insights into crosstalk between apoptosis and necroptosis co-induced by chlorothalonil and imidacloprid in Ctenopharyngodon idellus kidney cells

X Li, X Zhao, Y Yao, M Guo, S Li - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Overuse and co-exposure of pesticides have become a public health problem and threat
seriously water health and environmental organisms and even humans. Chlorothalonil (CT) …

Extraction, Chemical Composition, and Anticancer Potential of Origanum onites L. Essential Oil

K Spyridopoulou, E Fitsiou, E Bouloukosta… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Origanum species are plants rich in volatile oils that are mainly used for culinary purposes.
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the biological activities of their essential …

Effects of low-level imidacloprid oral exposure on cholinesterase activity, oxidative stress responses, and primary DNA damage in the blood and brain of male Wistar …

A Katić, V Kašuba, N Kopjar, BT Lovaković… - Chemico-Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Imidacloprid is a neonicotinoid insecticide that acts selectively as an agonist on insect
nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. It is used for crop protection worldwide, as well as for non …

Imidacloprid promotes high fat diet-induced adiposity and insulin resistance in male C57BL/6J mice

Q Sun, X Xiao, Y Kim, D Kim, KS Yoon… - Journal of agricultural …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide widely used in agriculture worldwide, has been
reported to promote adipogenesis and cause insulin resistance in vitro. The purpose of the …