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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. Phytohormones: Key players in the modulation of heavy metal stress tolerance in plants

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Shivani Saini, Navdeep Kaur, Pratap Kumar Pati

  2. Effect and mechanisms of synthesis conditions on the cadmium adsorption capacity of modified fly ash

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Xin Zhao, Hanghang Zhao, Xunrong Huang, Lu Wang, Fuhao Liu, Xiongfei Hu, Jingtian Li, Guibin Zhang, Puhui Ji

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  3. FaHSP17.8-CII orchestrates lead tolerance and accumulation in shoots via enhancing antioxidant enzymatic response and PSII activity in tall fescue

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Tao Wang, Maurice Amee, Guangyang Wang, Yan Xie, Tao Hu, Huawei Xu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  4. Physiological responses and health risks of edible amaranth under simultaneous stresses of lead from soils and atmosphere

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Chufan Liu, Rongbo Xiao, Fei Huang, Xiaojun Yang, Weijie Dai, Meili Xu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  5. Concentrations and health risks of heavy metals in five major marketed marine bivalves from three coastal cities in Guangxi, China

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Lu-yan Qin, Rong-cang Zhang, Yi-dan Liang, Li-chuan Wu, Ya-jing Zhang, Zhen-lin Mu, Ping Deng, Ling-ling Yang, Zhou Zhou, Zheng-ping Yu

  6. Corrigendum to “Urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and sex hormones in children and adolescents: Evidence from NHANES” [Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 216 (15 June 2021) 112215]

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Chengzhe Tao, Yun Fan, Rui Niu, Zhi Li, Hong Qian, Hao Yu, Qiaoqiao Xu, Qiujin Xu, Chuncheng Lu

      • Chemical contaminants

  7. Effects of heavy metals and organic matter fractions on the fungal communities in mangrove sediments from Techeng Isle, South China

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Yunzhu Xiao, Maoyu He, Jiefen Xie, Li Liu, Xiaoyong Zhang

  8. Variations of enzymatic activity and gene expression in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos co-exposed to zearalenone and fumonisin B1

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Guiling Yang, Yanhua Wang, Tiancai Wang, Dou Wang, Hongbiao Weng, Qiang Wang, Chen Chen

      • Natural toxins
      • Mycotoxins

  9. Probabilistic-fuzzy risk assessment and source analysis of heavy metals in soil considering uncertainty: A case study of Jinling Reservoir in China

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Xuedong Wang, Chaobiao Zhang, Cui Wang, Yongdong Zhu, Yunhao Cui

  10. The combinations of sulfur and molybdenum fertilizations improved antioxidant capacity of grazing Guizhou semi-fine wool sheep under copper and cadmium stress

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Yuanfeng Li, Yachao Wang, Xiaoyun Shen, Fuyuan Liu

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  11. Chemometric QSAR modeling of acute oral toxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) to rat using simple 2D descriptors and interspecies toxicity modeling with mouse

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Guohui Sun, Yifan Zhang, Luyu Pei, Yuqing Lou, Yao Mu, Jiayi Yun, Feifan Li, Yachen Wang, Zhaoqi Hao, Sha Xi, Chen Li, Chuhan Chen, Lijiao Zhao, Na Zhang, Rugang Zhong, Yongzhen Peng

      • Chemical contaminants

  12. Genetic modifications of metallothionein enhance the tolerance and bioaccumulation of heavy metals in Escherichia coli

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Xuefen Li, Zhumei Ren, M. James C. Crabbe, Lan Wang, Wenli Ma

      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. The interaction between selenium and cadmium in the soil-rice-human continuum in an area with high geological background of selenium and cadmium

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Ruyi Yang, Yuhuan He, Linfeng Luo, Meng Zhu, Shuting Zan, Fuyu Guo, Bo Wang, Beibei Yang

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  14. Effects of silicon on heavy metal uptake at the soil-plant interphase: A review

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Imran Khan, Samrah Afzal Awan, Muhammad Rizwan, Shafaqat Ali, Muhammad Jawad Hassan, Marian Brestic, Xinquan Zhang, Linkai Huang

  15. 1,8-dihydroxy naphthalene (DHN) - melanin confers tolerance to cadmium in isolates of melanised dark septate endophytes

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Mateja Potisek, Matevž Likar, Katarina Vogel-Mikuš, Iztok Arčon, Jože Grdadolnik, Marjana Regvar

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  16. Effects of cadmium on organ function, gut microbiota and its metabolomics profile in adolescent rats

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Jinsong Yang, Wei Chen, Yi Sun, Jin Liu, Wenchang Zhang

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  17. Source apportionment and risk assessment for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils at a typical coking plant

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Qifan Zhang, Jing Meng, Guijin Su, Zhelun Liu, Bin Shi, Tieyu Wang

      • Chemical contaminants

  18. Cadmium promotes apoptosis and inflammation via the circ08409/miR-133a/TGFB2 axis in bovine mammary epithelial cells and mouse mammary gland

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Zhi Chen, Yan Liang, QinYue Lu, Mudasir Nazar, Yongjiang Mao, Ahmad Aboragah, Zhangping Yang, Juan J. Loor

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  19. Development of regional water quality criteria of lead for protecting aquatic organism in Taihu Lake, China

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Lu Li, Fuhong Sun, Qun Liu, Xiaoli Zhao, Kang Song

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  20. Magnetic amino-functionalized metal-organic frameworks as a novel solid support in ionic liquids-based effervescent tablets for efficient extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in milks

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Peipei Zhou, Rui Wang, Ru Fan, Xiaoran Yang, He Mei, Huaiyu Chen, Huili Wang, Zhenfeng Wang, Xuedong Wang

      • Chemical contaminants

  21. Network response of two cherry tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) cultivars to Cadmium stress as revealed by transcriptome analysis

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Lihong Su, Yongdong Xie, Zhongqun He, Jianwei Zhang, Yi Tang, Xiaoting Zhou

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  22. Rhizosphere bacterial community composition affects cadmium and arsenic accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Lu Huang, Xun Wang, Yihan Chi, Linan Huang, Wai Chin Li, Zhihong Ye

      • Heavy Metals
      • Chemical contaminants

  23. Effects on the complexation of heavy metals onto biochar-derived WEOM extracted from low-temperature pyrolysis

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Xujing Guo, Yi Wu, Nanxi Li, Yuanyuan Tian, Yuyao Peng, Donghai Yuan

  24. Shellfish contamination with lipophilic toxins and dietary exposure assessments from consumption of shellfish products in Shenzhen, China

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Xiao Chen, Baiqiang Huang, Qionghui Zhao, Zhou Wang, Wei Liu, Jianying Zhang, Yan Zhou, Qian Sun, Haiyan Huang, Xinfeng Huang, Tianjiu Jiang, Jianjun Liu

  25. Male reproductive toxicity of zearalenone—meta-analysis with mechanism review

    • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

    • Author(s): Lin Li, Tongtong Zhang, Xiaohan Ren, Bingxin Li, Shangqian Wang

      • Mycotoxins
      • Natural toxins