Pesticide degradation is the challenges of the day were safe, rapid and economically efficient methods are searched. In the process present paper made an attempt to isolate secondary metabolites from Cipadessa baccifera and degrade endosulfan at two different concentrations. Significant degradation was obtained with secondary metabolites with P value = <0.0001 for both 1000 and 2000 μg/ml conce...

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of endosulfan was developed using antibodies raised against endosulfan. The competitive assay formatted was specific to endosulfan with a limit of detection of 1ng. The application and efficiency of the assay were tested for the detection of residues in different food samples. With an efficient extraction method, the recoveries ranged from...

Th e persistence of endosulfan and intermediate metabolite endosulfan sulfate in the environment and their toxic eff ects on biota necessitate their removal. Th is study investigated the bioaugmentation of endosulfan-contaminated soil by fungal inoculant Aspergillus niger ARIFCC 1053. Th e infl uence of bioaugmentation by A. niger on endosulfancontaminated soil was evaluated with the help of ch...

OBJECTIVES Endosulfan is a lipophilic insecticide, which causes severe health issues due to its environmental stability, toxicity, and biological reservation in organisms. It is found in the atmosphere, soil, sediments, surface waters, rain, and food in almost equal proportions. The aim of this study was to isolate and identify endosulfan-degrading bacteria from the Kor River and evaluate the p...

BACKGROUND The role of oxidative stress in endosulfan-induced reproductive toxicity has been implicated. This study was performed to evaluate the possible protective effect of vitamins E and C, against endosulfan-induced reproductive toxicity in rats. METHODS Fifty adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into five groups (n=10 each). The groups included a control receiving vehicl...

Aim: Endosulfan is an important toxic agent which generates free oxygen radicals in liver. In Çukurova region, some relation between the incidence of toxic injury to liver and widespread use of endosulfan has been suggested. Since endosulfan is a frequently used pesticide, it was planned to investigate whether endosulfan could do liver injury and increase lactic dehydrogenase in liver. Methods:...

The effects of pre-training and post-training administration of endosulfan on retention of a step-down passive avoidance task was studied in mice. Endosulfan at doses of 1.0 mg/kg(ip) and 2.0 mg/kg(ip) enhanced memory acquisition and retention. This effect of endosulfan was possibly mediated by interaction with cholinergic neurotransmission, as scopolamine (0.5 mg/kg, ip) significantly antagoni...

The effects of endosulfan, a widely used organochlorine pesticide, on cortisol secretion, cell viability, antioxidants and lipid peroxidation were investigated in enzymatically dispersed head kidney cells of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). ACTH- and dbcAMP-stimulated cortisol secretion, and cell viability were impaired in a dose-related manner following acute in vitro exposure to endosulfa...

A bacterium capable of metabolizing endosulfan (6,7,8,9,10,10-hexachloro-1,5,5a,6,9,9a-hexahydro-6,9-methano-2,4,3-benzodioxathiepine3-oxide) was isolated from cotton-growing soil and effectively shown to degrade endosulfan into endosulfan sulfate. The bacterium degraded 50% of the compound within 3 days of incubation. Endosulfan sulfate was the only terminal product and no other metabolites we...

Endosulfan is a chlorinated pesticide; its persistence in the environment and toxic effects on biota are demanding its removal. This study aims at improving the tolerance of the previously isolated fungus Aspergillus niger (A. niger) ARIFCC 1053 to endosulfan. Released chloride, dehalogenase activity, and released proteins were estimated along with analysis of endosulfan degradation and pathway...