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However, an anaerobic microcosm experiment with the enrichment cultures from the contaminated groundwater presented dual isotope slopes similar to the hydrolytic pathway, suggesting that the potential for BCE degradation in situ by the hydrolytic dehalogenation pathway exists in the contaminated site.Until now, a number of epidemiological studies have focused on the association between ambient particulate matter pollution and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), especially in developed countries. There are limited evidences on the association between short-term exposure to particulate matters (PM2.5, PMC, and PM10) and overall hospital outpatient visits for COPD at the same time in China. Thus, a time-series analysis on the short-term association between three subtypes of PM (PM2.5, PMC, and PM10) and daily hospital outpatients for COPD in Lanzhou, China was conducted, from 2014 to 2017.An over dispersed, generalized additive model was used to analyze the associations after controlling for time trend, weather conditions, day of the week, and holidays. Stratified analyses were also performed by age and gender. The results disclosed that a 10-μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 concentration at a lag of 0-7 days was associated with 1.190% (95% CI 0.176~2.215%). For PMc, therewere not statistically significant 53~3.277%). Short-term exposure to PM2.5 was associated with increased risk of hospital visits for COPD. Selleckchem PF-02341066 In particular, the elderly (aged ≥ 65 years old) and males were relatively more sensitive to PM2.5, and were affected right away after the PM2.5 concentration went up.In this research, several biochemical variations in plant of Lemna minor L. were investigated to reflect Ag+ toxicity. Lemna minor L. changed colorless AgNO3 to colloidal brown at doses equal to and greater than 1 mg L-1. Optical and fluorescence microscopy revealed the presence of bright spots in roots of tested plant related to Ag/Ag2O-NPs. Photosynthetic pigment contents of Lemna minor L. declined upon exposure to Ag+ with an evidently higher decrease in chlorophyll a than in chlorophyll b. Similarly, Ag+ treatment caused an evident reduction in the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and catalase (CAT). The reduction in antioxidase activity was significantly higher in POD than in SOD and CAT. Ag+ treatment resulted in a significant increment in the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) content as the judging criteria of cellular injury which showed sign of dose-related. The alterations occurred in RAPD profiles of treated samples following Ag+ toxicity containing loss of normal bands, appearance of new bands, and variation in band intensities compared with the normal plants. In addition, morphological character and biomass of Lemna minor L. subjected to increasing Ag+ concentrations were evaluated to reveal Ag+ toxicity. Our study demonstrated that Lemna minor L. have a high sensitivity to indicate fluctuation of water quality. It would be beneficial that modulating the genotype of Lemna minor L. to bear high proportion of contaminates.The vulnerability of groundwater to pesticides is governed in part by sorption mechanisms in the vadose zone, commonly studied in soil but less well-known in the geological solids. To alleviate this lack of knowledge, adsorption of the herbicide S-metolachlor (SMOC) and of two of its metabolites-metolachlor ethane sulfonic acid (MESA) and metolachlor oxanilic acid (MOXA)-was studied with batch equilibrium method on seventeen surface soils and three geological solids of the vadose zone overlying a glaciofluvial aquifer. In grainsize terms, the latter three were sand for the first two samples and gravel for the third. Adsorption is ordered as follows SMOC > > MESA > MOXA, except for one of the geological solids for which MESA adsorption was slightly higher than that of SMOC (Kd = 0.73 vs. 0.44 L kg-1). The low MOXA adsorption could only be quantified for the gravel sample (Kd = 0.74 L kg-1), which was also more reactive than all the other samples to MESA and SMOC (Kd = 2.08 and 28.8 L kg-1, respectively). Statistical multivariate tests related the highest Kd values for SMOC with the soils and geological solids with the highest organic-carbon and clay-fraction contents. The highest Kd values for MESA were found in the samples containing high oxide concentrations. Our results shed a new light on the adsorption of SMOC, MESA and MOXA suggesting that during their transfer to groundwater, pesticides and metabolites can be adsorbed in the vadose zone on both soils and geological solids.Cleome amblyocarpa Barr. and Murb is a medicinal plant widespread in North Africa and widely used in Tunisia to treat diabetes and colic. The non-volatile (polyphenols, flavonoids, tannins, and flavonols) and volatile compounds (GC-MS) of C. amblyocarpa leaves and stems have been studied. The antioxidant, antimicrobial, analgesic, and cytotoxic activities of hydroalcoholic extracts of C. amblyocarpa leaves and stems were also investigated. The major volatile components were β-caryophyllene (46.9%), eugenol (25.6%), ethyl 3-methylpentanoate (16.2%), 7-epi-silphiperfol-5-ene (11.0%), and α-copaene (7.0%). The antioxidant activity has been evaluated using various in vitro assays, such as DPPH free radical scavenging activity, iron-chelating capability, and ability to inhibit lipid peroxidation (TBARS). The antibacterial and antifungal effectiveness of leaves and stems parts of Cleome amblyocarpa were investigated by means of the disc diffusion and microdilution techniques. The in vitro cytotoxicity of the hydroalcoholic extract of C. amblyocarpa on A549 and H1299 lung adenocarcinoma cells was determined using the crystal violet assay. The acute toxicity of the extracts on Swiss albino mice at the doses of 3000, 1500, and 500 mg/kg body weight was evaluated. The analgesic effect of leaves and stems extract was also determined by means of the acetic acid induced writhing test. The results indicated that the leaves have higher phenols, and flavonoids contents and potential antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anticancer activities in comparison to stem. In addition, the aerial part of C. amblyocarpa did not cause signs of toxicity or death in animals at doses up to 3000 mg/kg and have a significant analgesic activity.