Essays about: "xenobiotic"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word xenobiotic.
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1. Cytochrome P450 expression and growth inhibition in R. subcapitata in response to pharmaceutical cocktail exposure : An ecotoxicological study of metoprolol, omeprazole, paracetamol and diclofenac
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskapAbstract : Pharmaceuticals and their metabolites are present in the environment, with levels expected to rise in the future. The effects on off-target organisms are still mostly unknown and of increasing concern, as are combination cocktail effects. READ MORE
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2. Cytokrom P450-systemets betydelse för anthelmintikaresistens
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public HealthAbstract : Läkemedelsresistenta parasiter är ett allvarligt globalt problem. Läget är framför allt kritiskt inom gruppen gastrointestinala nematoder hos små idisslare, vilka ofta uppvisar resistens mot bredspektrumverkande anthelmintika. Resistensproblematiken resulterar i en försämrad djurvälfärd och lägre produktionsnivåer. READ MORE
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3. Phytoremediation of landfill leachate by irrigation to willow short-rotation coppice
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production EcologyAbstract : Willow short rotation coppice (SRC) is a perennial gricultural crop used for the production of biomass for energy in Sweden. Environmental applications of willow SRC became of interest in the last years, such as the use of willow phytoremediation systems for the treatment of andfill leachate. READ MORE
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4. Organic Household Waste in Developing Countries : An overview of environmental and health consequences, and appropriate decentralised technologies and strategies for sustainable management
University essay from Institutionen för teknik och hållbar utvecklingAbstract : This paper reports on environmental impacts and health hazards as a result from inadequate management of organic household waste in developing countries. It gives details of water and soil contamination, air pollution and spread of diseases through expanding breeding grounds for pathogens, vectors and rodents. READ MORE
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5. Impact of Market Gardening on Surface Water Reservoirs in Burkina Faso - Impacts of current agricultural practices around the reservoir of Toukoumtouré, Nariarlé basin, on natural phytoplankton communities.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresursläraAbstract : An evaluation of the ecological status of 23 small water reservoirs in Burkina Faso was made in 2004 by IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), Large dominance of cyanobacteria in some of the reservoirs was one of the signs of an imbalance in the ecology of the water (Cecchi et al. 2005). READ MORE