Assessment of Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity Potential of Effluents from Bahir Dar Tannery Using Allium cepa by Tayachew Admas, Bizuayehu Kerisew

“…Among tannery effluent chemicals, chromium and lead have cytotoxicity and genotoxicity potentials on Allium cepa. …”
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A Comparative Kinetic Study of Acidic Hydrolysis of Wastes Cellulose from Agricultural Derived Biomass by Ajani AO, SE Agarry, OO Agbede

“…Bioconversion of agricultural waste products to produce value-added fuels and chemicals offers potential economical, environmental and strategic advantages over traditional fossil-based products. …”
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Multi-step pre-treatment of rice husk for fractionation of components including silica by Shinnosuke Ishida, Shinji Kudo, Shinji Kudo, Shusaku Asano, Shusaku Asano, Jun-ichiro Hayashi, Jun-ichiro Hayashi

“…IntroductionRice husk, a widely available agricultural by-product lignocellulosic biomass, is a promising and sustainable feedstock for organic and inorganic chemicals due to the rich silica content. However, its current application is largely limited, with most being incinerated as waste. …”
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Novel (Q)SAR models for prediction of reversible and time-dependent inhibition of cytochrome P450 enzymes by Sadegh Faramarzi, Arianna Bassan, Kevin P. Cross, Xinning Yang, Glenn J. Myatt, Donna A. Volpe, Lidiya Stavitskaya

“…The non-proprietary training database for the QSAR models contains data for 10,129 chemicals harvested from FDA drug approval packages and published literature. …”
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Preparation and Properties of Nano-ZnO Combined with Biomass Heavy Oil Composite-Modified Asphalt by He Tao, Hongming Liu, Xiangbing Xie, Tao Sun, Ruipeng Dong, Xiaolu Lu

“…The results show that biomass heavy oil and nano-ZnO are used to physically and chemically modify asphalt and the modification effect of bio-asphalt is the best when the biomass heavy oil content is about 9%. …”
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Grewia tenax-Mediated Silver Nanoparticles as Efficient Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents by Priyanka Yadav, Monisha Singhal, Sreemoyee Chatterjee, Surendra Nimesh, Nidhi Gupta

“…The synthesis was conducted without hazardous chemicals and generation of toxic waste products. The focus of the study was, therefore, to investigate the efficacy of silver nanoparticles biosynthesized using Grewia tenax leaf extract as an antibacterial, antibiofilm, and antifungal therapeutic agent. …”
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Optimization and characterization of bioactive secondary metabolites from Streptomyces sp CMSTAAHL-4 isolated from mangrove sediment by Selvaraj Jeraldin Nisha, Ganapathi Uma, Ramamoorthy Sathishkumar, Vincent Samuel Gnana Prakash, Rimal Isaac, Thavasimuthu Citarasu

“…Conclusions The results showed that the antibacterial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory chemicals present in the isolated secondary metabolites give them therapeutic properties.…”
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The Efficiency of Direct Maturation: the Comparison of Two hiPSC Differentiation Approaches into Motor Neurons by Catherine Schaefers, Simone Rothmiller, Horst Thiermann, Theo Rein, Annette Schmidt

“…Differentiation into MNs was performed with standardized, chemically defined, and antibiotic-free culture media. …”
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Genotoxic and antigenotoxic properties of selenium compounds in the in vitro micronucleus assay with human whole blood lymphocytes and tk6 lymphoblastoid cells by Eduard Cemeli, Ricard Marcos, Diana Anderson

“…The concentrations of selenium compounds that were used, in combination with the medium components and the biological physiology of the whole blood lymphocytes and TK6 cells, could have affected the redox potential of the compounds, switching the chemicals from a pro-oxidant to antioxidant status and vice-versa. …”
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New Solvent for Polyamide 66 and Its Use for Preparing a Single-Polymer Composite-Coated Fabric by Mostafa Jabbari, Mikael Skrifvars, Dan Åkesson, Mohammad J. Taherzadeh

“…In conclusion, using the FAUCa solvent has two merits: (1) replacement of 40% of the FA with less harmful and environmentally friendly chemicals and (2) enabling for the preparation of more viscous solutions, which makes a denser coating.…”
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Clinicoepidemiological Observational Study of Acquired Alopecias in Females Correlating with Anemia and Thyroid Function by Kirti Deo, Yugal K. Sharma, Meenakshi Wadhokar, Neha Tyagi

“…Stress (86, 63.7%), topical application of chemicals (72, 53.3%), systemic medications for concurrent illnesses (62, 5%), and pregnancy (14, 10.3%) were the common exacerbating factors. …”
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The Influence of Form and Rate on the Efficacy of Matrix-Based Fertilizers to Reduce Nutrient Leaching by James A. Entry, R. E. Sojka

“…When N and P are released, the chemicals containing these nutrients in the MBF bind N and P to an Al2(SO4)3⋅18H2O and/or Fe2(SO4)3⋅3H2O starch- chitosan- lignin matrix. …”
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Revolutionizing radiotherapy: gold nanoparticles with polyphenol coating as novel enhancers in breast cancer cells—an in vitro study by Simona Tarantino, Annalisa Bianco, Mariafrancesca Cascione, Alessandra Carlà, Lia Fiamà, Riccardo Di Corato, Livia Giotta, Paolo Pellegrino, Anna Paola Caricato, Rosaria Rinaldi, Valeria De Matteis

“…Traditional AuNPs synthesis methods involve harmful chemicals and extreme conditions, posing health risks. …”
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Bisphenol S impairs oocyte quality by inducing gut microbiota dysbiosis by Jiaming Zhang, Xiaoxia Yu, Weidong Li, Yunjing Jiang, Liangran Zhang, Shunxin Wang

“…Overall, this study not only demonstrates that BPS exposure impairs the intestine and oocytes by inducing dysbiosis of the gut microbiota but also develops a preventive strategy.IMPORTANCEOocyte development is vulnerable to stimulation by intrinsic and extrinsic factors, particularly many environmental pollutants and chemicals in daily life. The reproductive toxicity of bisphenol S has been of great concern, although it is widely used as a safe substitute for its analog bisphenol A. …”
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Sustainable Fruit Preservation Using Algae-Based Bioactive Coatings on Textile Packaging by Zoha Shabbir, Kashif Javed, Imran Ahmad Khan, Asfandyar Khan, Muhammad Junaid Saleem

“…Traditional plastic packaging is known to release harmful chemicals into both food and the environment, which underscores the need for safer, more sustainable alternatives. …”
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Deciphering key nano-bio interface descriptors to predict nanoparticle-induced lung fibrosis by Jiayu Cao, Yuhui Yang, Xi Liu, Yang Huang, Qianqian Xie, Aliaksei Kadushkin, Mikhail Nedelko, Di Wu, Noel J. Aquilina, Xuehua Li, Xiaoming Cai, Ruibin Li

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Enantioselective Synthesis of Antiepileptic Drug: (-)-Levetiracetam—Synthetic Applications of the Versatile New Chiral N-Sulfinimine by K. Chandra Babu, R. Buchi Reddy, E. Naresh, K. Ram Mohan, G. Madhusudhan, K. Mukkanti

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The dark side of being a pathologist: Unravelling the health hazards by Saima Khan

“…Intolerance reactions to chemicals especially formaldehyde was observed in 63.1%. …”
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The Ineffectiveness of Manual Treatment of Swimming Pools by Chidozie Charles Nnaji, Agina Ifeyinwa, Iloanya Ifeoma

“…The pool was constructed in 1961 and has been in operation since then except that many facilities including the treatment system are no longer functional forcing management to resort to treatment of the pool water by spraying the chemicals on the surface of the water and allowing swimmers to do the mixing. …”
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Presence of Heavy Metals in over the Counter Teeth Whitening Products– An Evaluative Study by Chitra Ravi, Sendhilkumar Muthappan, Manickam Ponnaiah, Deepika Chandrasekaran, Sowmiya Murugavel, Jimson Samson

“…However, these products may have heavy metals or chemicals that can affect the tooth and other organs. …”
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