[HTML][HTML] Phytochemical activity and role of botanical pesticides in pest management for sustainable agricultural crop production

GMW Lengai, JW Muthomi, ER Mbega - Scientific African, 2020 - Elsevier
Increased demand for food to feed the ever-growing population led to development and
adoption of synthetic chemicals as a quick and effective strategy of managing crop pests and …

Characterization of the role of esterases in the biodegradation of organophosphate, carbamate, and pyrethroid pesticides

P Bhatt, X Zhou, Y Huang, W Zhang, S Chen - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ester-containing organophosphate, carbamate, and pyrethroid (OCP) pesticides are used
worldwide to minimize the impact of pests and increase agricultural production. The toxicity …

Persistence of pesticides-based contaminants in the environment and their effective degradation using laccase-assisted biocatalytic systems

M Bilal, HMN Iqbal, D Barceló - Science of The Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Inevitable use of pesticides due to modern agricultural practices and the associated
worldwide environmental pollution has called the special attention of the researchers to …

Insight into microbial applications for the biodegradation of pyrethroid insecticides

P Bhatt, Y Huang, H Zhan, S Chen - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Pyrethroids are broad-spectrum insecticides and presence of chiral carbon differentiates
among various forms of pyrethroids. Microbial approaches have emerged as a popular …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa based concurrent degradation of beta-cypermethrin and metabolite 3-phenoxybenzaldehyde, and its bioremediation efficacy in …

WJ Chen, W Zhang, Q Lei, SF Chen, Y Huang… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Beta-cypermethrin is one of the widely used pyrethroid insecticides, and problems
associated with the accumulation of its residues have aroused public attention. Thus, there …

New insights into the microbial degradation and catalytic mechanism of synthetic pyrethroids

H Zhan, Y Huang, Z Lin, P Bhatt, S Chen - Environmental Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The significant applications of pyrethroid insecticides in agro-ecosystem and household
environments have raised serious environmental concerns. Environmental bioremediation …

Pyrethroid pesticides as endocrine disruptors: molecular mechanisms in vertebrates with a focus on fishes

SM Brander, MK Gabler, NL Fowler… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Pyrethroids are now the fourth most used group of insecticides worldwide. Employed in
agriculture and in urban areas, they are detected in waterways at concentrations that are …

Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in organs of fresh water fish Cyprinus carpio (Common carp)

R Vinodhini, M Narayanan - International Journal of Environmental …, 2008 - Springer
The objective of the present study is to determine the bioaccumulation of heavy metals in
various organs of the fresh water fish exposed to heavy metal contaminated water system …

Pyrethroid-degrading microorganisms and their potential for the bioremediation of contaminated soils: a review

M Cycoń, Z Piotrowska-Seget - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Pyrethroid insecticides have been used to control pests in agriculture, forestry, horticulture,
public health and for indoor home use for more than 20 years. Because pyrethroids were …

Presence of esterase and laccase in Bacillus subtilis facilitates biodegradation and detoxification of cypermethrin

S Gangola, A Sharma, P Bhatt, P Khati, P Chaudhary - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Ubiquitous presence of cypermethrin as a contaminant in surface stream and soil
necessitates to develop potential bioremediation methods to degrade and eliminate this …