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Nanostructured Biosensing for Detection of Insecticides

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Organophosphorous pesticides (OPs) are widely used in agriculture due to their high effectiveness and low toxicity for pest control and protecting crops and seeds [1, 2]. Their residuals in crops, livestock, and poultry products are clearly dangerous to human health. The related clinical signs include negative effects on the visual ­system, sensory function, cognitive function, and nervous system [3, 4]. Specifically, exposure to OPs has been shown to cause headache, dizziness, profuse sweating, blurred vision, nausea, vomiting, reduced heartbeat, diarrhea, loss of coordination, slow and weak breathing, fever, coma, and even death [5]. The toxicity of OPs mainly arises from their irreversible inhibition on acetylcholinesterase (AChE), which is essential for the central nervous system to function, often causing respiratory paralysis and death [6]. Because of the high toxicities, rapid detection of these agents in the environment, public places, or workplaces and the monitoring of ­individual exposures to OPs have become increasingly important for homeland security and health protection [7].

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Ju, H., Zhang, X., Wang, J. (2011). Nanostructured Biosensing for Detection of Insecticides. In: NanoBiosensing. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9622-0_13

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