Meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) presents a complex medical scenario with significant implications for maternal and neonatal health. This case report explores the intricacies surrounding MSAF, focusing on its diagnosis, treatment, and the associated meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS). The report emphasizes the critical role of antibiotic prophylaxis in lower segment cesarean sections (LSCS) in balancing infection prevention in the mother with neonatal considerations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnzymes have attracted considerable scientific attention for their crucial role in detoxifying a wide range of harmful compounds. In today's global context, the extensive use of insecticides has emerged as a significant threat to the environment, sparking substantial concern. Insects, including economically important pests like Helicoverpa armigera, have developed resistance to conventional pest control methods through enzymes like carboxyl/cholinesterases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProg Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
April 2024
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive disorders represent two significant mental health challenges with substantial global prevalence. These are debilitating conditions characterized by persistent, often comorbid, symptoms that severely impact an individual's quality of life. Both PTSD and depressive disorders are often precipitated by exposure to traumatic events or chronic stress.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCommunity/industrial wastewater is the prime source of anthropogenic chemicals, its treatment is often a daunting task and unaffordable for many countries. Emerging Contaminants (ECs) have been drained into wastewater after continuous use/misuse and Conventional treatments in STPs do not remove them completely. ECs including antimicrobial agents, synthetic musks, Benzotriazole UV stabilizers (BUVSs), plasticizers, and preservatives are frequently reported in environment, and cause health effects to non-target organisms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSynthetic musks (SMs), a class of organic compounds added to various personal care products (PCPs) to enhance aroma, are increasingly released into the environment and become one emerging contaminants of concern in India. Some SMs like Galaxolide, Tonalide and Musk Ketone (MK) are lipophilic and found ubiquitously in the environment, posing health and ecological risks, especially affecting aquatic organisms. Hence, monitoring the synthetic musks contamination in these rivers become environmentally inevitable.
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