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Legacy and alternative halogenated flame retardants in Lake Geneva fish

Legacy (i.e., polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)) and alternative halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) were analyzed in 31 whole fish samples from Lake Geneva in 2018. Two fish species, namely, the burbot (Lota lota) a ...

2020

Chapter 6: Production and Applications of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids

Edgard Gnansounou, Binod Parameswaran, Ummalyma Sabeela Beevi

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are key molecules for the control of human as well as animal health. Among the PUFAs, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) are vital compounds for infant brain development and other immune regulator ...

Wiley2019

Nitrogen-enriched compost application combined with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) improves seed quality and nutrient use efficiency of sunflower

Alexandre Buttler, Luca Bragazza, Muhammad Saleem Arif, Muhammad Riaz

Ecological benefits associated with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) inoculants offer a promising integrated nutrient management option to counteract plant nitrogen (N) deficiency. We performed field experiments to evaluate the effect of integra ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2017

La contamination du Léman par les micropolluants – revue de 40 ans d’études

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro

Lake Geneva pollution by micropollutants – a review of 40 years of study. – Lake Geneva drains a watershed of about 8000 km2, subject to anthropogenic pressures due to a large population, agriculture, and industries. Contaminants released by these activiti ...

2013

Identification and evaluation of cyp1a transcript expression in fish as molecular biomarker for petroleum contamination in tropical fresh water ecosystems

Kristin Schirmer

In order to monitor potential contamination deriving from exploration and transport of oil in the Urucu region (Brazil), there is a need to establish suitable biomarkers for native Amazonian fish. Therefore. the transcript expression of various potentially ...

2011

Etude expérimentale de refuges à poissons aménagés dans les berges de rivières soumises aux éclusées hydroélectriques

Jean-Marc Ribi

Downstream of hydroelectric storage dams, the rivers suffer from rapid, frequent and intense flow variations linked to the power production constraints. Subjected to this hydropeaking phenomenon, the fish population suffers from a known decline. In the res ...

EPFL2011

Occurrence of persistent toxic substances in soils, sediments, fishes and human breast milk in southern Vietnam

Ngoc Vinh Nguyen

Global contamination and toxic effects of persistent toxic substances (PTSs) have been an emerging environmental issue and have received considerable attention during the past four decades. The rapid agricultural and industrial growths as well as the expan ...

EPFL2009

Assainissement microbiologique de l'air et des systèmes de ventilation au moyen d'huiles essentielles

Ventilation systems often host bacteria and fungi that may be dangerous for the health of exposed people. Essential oils are one means among others to prevent microbial development. Used as a basis for many traditional therapies, these odorant plant extrac ...

EPFL2006

5-Aminolevulinic acid and its derivatives: physical chemical properties and protoporphyrin IX formation in cultured cells

Hubert van den Bergh, Georges Wagnières, Matthieu Philippe Emmanuel Zellweger, Pascal Uehlinger

Protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) is used as a fluorescence marker and photosensitizing agent in photodynamic therapy (PDT). A temporary increase of PpIX in tissues can be obtained by administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA). Lipophilicity is one of the key pa ...

2000

Mitochondrion is the principal target for nutritional and pharmacological control of triglyceride metabolism

Johan Auwerx

Fish oil polyunsaturated fatty acids and fibrate hypolipidemic drugs are potent hypotriglyceridemic agents that act by increasing fatty acid catabolism and decreasing triglyceride synthesis and secretion by the liver. A major unresolved issue is whether th ...

1997

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