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Research Publications (Food Safety)

This page tracks research articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Recent articles are available ahead of print and searchable by Journal, Article Title, and Category. Research publications are tracked across six categories: Bacterial Pathogens, Chemical Contaminants, Natural Toxins, Parasites, Produce Safety, and Viruses. Articles produced by USDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) and FDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) are also tracked in Scopus.

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  1. Urinary cadmium in relation to bone damage: Cadmium exposure threshold dose and health-based guidance value estimation

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Ying Qing, Jiaqi Yang, Yanfeng Chen, Chengjie Shi, Qianrong Zhang, Zhongping Ning, Ying Yu, Yanfei Li

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  2. The role of polysaccharides functional groups in cadmium binding in root cell wall of a cadmium-safe rice line

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Haiying Yu, Anqi Yang, Keji Wang, Qin Li, Daihua Ye, Huagang Huang, Xizhou Zhang, Yongdong Wang, Zicheng Zheng, Tingxuan Li

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  3. The roles of cadmium on growth of seedlings by analysing the composition of metabolites in pumpkin tissues

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Tao Han, Mengyuan Sun, Jinjin Zhao, Chunying Dai, Yang Li, Peng Zhang, Dongmei Lang, Junguo Zhou, Xinzheng Li, Shidong Ge

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  4. A review on disposal and utilization of phytoremediation plants containing heavy metals

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Zhongchuang Liu, Khanh-Quang Tran

  5. The role of silicon in cadmium alleviation by rice root cell wall retention and vacuole compartmentalization under different durations of Cd exposure

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Wei Wei, Hua Peng, Yunhe Xie, Xin Wang, Rui Huang, Haoyu Chen, Xionghui Ji

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  6. Zearalenone induces immuno-compromised status via TOR/NF/κB pathway and aggravates the spread of Aeromonas hydrophila to grass carp gut (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Hong-Yun Zhang, Ya-Li Wang, Xiao-Qiu Zhou, Wei-Dan Jiang, Pei Wu, Yang Liu, Lu Zhang, Hai-Feng Mi, Jun Jiang, Sheng-Yao Kuang, Ling Tang, Lin Feng

      • Mycotoxins
      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Natural toxins

  7. Analyzing cadmium-phytochelatin2 complexes in plant using terahertz and circular dichroism information

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Yinglei Zhao, Mostafa Gouda, Guohong Yu, Chenghao Zhang, Lei Lin, Pengcheng Nie, Wei Huang, Hongbao Ye, Yunxiang Ye, Chengquan Zhou, Yong He

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  8. Transcriptome analysis and physiological indicators reveal the role of sulfur in cadmium accumulation and transportation in water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica Forsk.)

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Chuang Shen, Hui-Ling Fu, Qiong Liao, Baifei Huang, Xi Fan, Xue-Yang Liu, Jun-Liang Xin, Ying-Ying Huang

      • Chemical contaminants
      • Heavy Metals

  9. Molecular and biochemical mechanisms underlying boron-induced alleviation of cadmium toxicity in rice seedlings

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Ying-Ying Huang, Ge Fei, Sha-Li Yu, Yi-Fei Liu, Hui-Ling Fu, Qiong Liao, Bai-Fei Huang, Xue-Yang Liu, Jun-Liang Xin, Chuang Shen

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  10. Effect of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus on maize growth and cadmium migration in a sand column

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Zihao Yu, Xiaoling Zhao, Lin Su, Kai Yan, Bo Li, Yongmei He, Fangdong Zhan

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  11. Cadmium and arsenic availability in soil under submerged incubation: The influence of humic substances on iron speciation

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Bo Li, Qi-Hong Zhu, Quan Zhang, Han-Hua Zhu, Dao-You Huang, Shi-Ming Su, Ya-Nan Wang, Xi-Bai Zeng

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  12. Residual effects of sulfur application prior to oilseed rape cultivation on cadmium accumulation in brown rice under an oilseed rape–rice rotation pot experiment

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Lijuan Huang, Xiaosong Yang, Zijian Xie, Songyan Li, Xiaomeng Liang, Zhengyi Hu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  13. Cadmium-induced hormesis effect in medicinal herbs improves the efficiency of safe utilization for low cadmium-contaminated farmland soil

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Xie Mengdi, Chen Wenqing, Dai Haibo, Wang Xiaoqing, Yang Li, Kang Yuchen, Sun Hui, Wang Lei

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  14. Spatial distribution and human health risk assessment of soil heavy metals based on sequential Gaussian simulation and positive matrix factorization model: A case study in irrigation area of the Yellow River

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Weibo Shen, Yue Hu, Jie Zhang, Fei Zhao, Pengyang Bian, Yixuan Liu

  15. Melamine and oxalate coexposure induces early kidney tubular injury through mitochondrial aberrations and oxidative stress

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Ming-Tsang Wu, Chia-Fang Wu, Chia-Chu Liu, Yi-Chun Tsai, Chu-Chih Chen, Yin-Han Wang, Tusty-Jiuan Hsieh

      • Chemical contaminants

  16. Lycopene attenuates zearalenone-induced oxidative damage of piglet sertoli cells through the nuclear factor erythroid-2 related factor signaling pathway

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Li Cao, Jie Zhao, Li Ma, Jiawen Chen, Jingru Xu, Sajid Ur Rahman, Shibin Feng, Yu Li, Jinjie Wu, Xichun Wang

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins

  17. Multiple factors influence bacterial community diversity and composition in soils with rare earth element and heavy metal co-contamination

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Ying Luo, Hao Yuan, Ji Zhao, Yu Qi, Wei-Wei Cao, Ju-Mei Liu, Wei Guo, Zhi-Hua Bao

  18. Overexpression of auxin response gene MdIAA24 enhanced cadmium tolerance in apple (Malus domestica)

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Qian Wang, Dong Huang, Dongshan Niu, Jie Deng, Fengwang Ma, Changhai Liu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  19. Aflatoxin B1 alters meat quality associated with oxidative stress, inflammation, and gut-microbiota in sheep

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Qin-qin Cao, Lu-xi Lin, Ting-ting Xu, Ying Lu, Chao-dong Zhang, Ke Yue, Shu-cheng Huang, Hai-ju Dong, Fu-chun Jian

      • Aflatoxins
      • Natural toxins

  20. Low-dose exposure to black carbon significantly increase lung injury of cadmium by promoting cellular apoptosis

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Lingjuan Wang, Shanyu Bao, Xiaolong Liu, Fan Wang, Jinwei Zhang, Pengyu Dang, Fengli Wang, Bin Li, Yi Lin

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  21. Organophosphate flame retardants, tetrabromobisphenol A, and their transformation products in sediment of e-waste dismantling areas and the flame-retardant production base

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Peng Chen, Shengtao Ma, Yan Yang, Zenghua Qi, Yujie Wang, Guiying Li, Jianhui Tang, Yingxin Yu

      • Chemical contaminants

  22. Effect of long-term exposure to acrylamide on endoplasmic reticulum stress and autophagy in rat cerebellum

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Yiqi Wang, Lian Duan, Xing Zhang, Yang Jiao, Ying Liu, Lingling Dai, Hong Yan

      • Chemical contaminants

  23. Anthocyanin from purple sweet potato attenuates lead-induced reproductive toxicity mediated by JNK signaling pathway in male mice

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Li Zhou, Chaoqin Zhang, Yu Qiang, Min Huang, Xiangmei Ren, Yuanhong Li, Jihong Shao, Lichun Xu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  24. Bisphenol A, S, and F exposure, ESR1/2, CAT, and eNOS genetic polymorphisms, and the risk of hypertension

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Shunli Jiang, Guanlin Yang, Shuang Zhou, Xu Zhang, Cheng Peng, Qing Lu

      • Chemical contaminants

  25. ALKBH5 promotes cadmium-induced transformation of human bronchial epithelial cells by regulating PTEN expression in an m6A-dependent manner

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Luyao Li, Mei Zhou, Biyun Chen, Qin Wang, Shuya Pan, Yaxuan Hou, Jiamin Xia, Xue Zhou

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants