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QSAR Models for Predicting Oral Bioavailability and Volume of Distribution and Their Application in Mapping the TK Space of Endocrine Disruptors

  • Guillaume Ollitrault,
  • Marco Marzo,
  • Alessandra Roncaglioni,
  • Emilio Benfenati,
  • Olivier Taboureau and
  • Enrico Mombelli

15 October 2025

Toxicokinetic (TK) properties are essential in the framework of chemical risk assessment and drug discovery. Specifically, a TK profile provides information about the fate of chemicals in the human body. In this context, Quantitative Structure–...

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Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals and Male Infertility: Mechanisms, Risks, and Regulatory Challenges

  • Sofoklis Stavros,
  • Nikolaos Kathopoulis,
  • Efthalia Moustakli,
  • Anastasios Potiris,
  • Ismini Anagnostaki,
  • Spyridon Topis,
  • Nefeli Arkouli,
  • Konstantinos Louis,
  • Charalampos Theofanakis and
  • Themos Grigoriadis
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13 October 2025

Male reproductive health is increasingly threatened by endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which interfere with hormonal homeostasis and reproductive physiology. Rising rates of male infertility have been linked to greater exposure to pollutants s...

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14 Pages

11 October 2025

Non-nutritive artificial sweeteners (NASs) are xenobiotics widely used in the food industry as sugar substitutes, since they provide few to no calories compared to sucrose. While NASs are considered safe at the acceptable daily intake (ADI) establish...

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14 Pages

Advanced Characterization of Environmental Pollutant Metabolism in Human Skin

  • Rafael Reis,
  • Martine Zanini,
  • Guillaume Lereaux,
  • Ariane Dimitrov and
  • Samia Boudah

11 October 2025

Ultrafine particles (UFPs) containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), are linked to pollution-induced health concerns, with skin being highly susceptible to contamination. Understanding the metabolic fate of these enviro...

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193 Views
13 Pages

10 October 2025

Endocrine disruptors contaminate indoor and outdoor air, water, and food. Besides modifications of the androgen/estrogen balance, endocrine disruptors can alter thyroid function, metabolic balance, immune defenses, and brain development during fetal...

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323 Views
23 Pages

The Antiproliferative Activity of Tatridin A Against Prostate Cancer Cells Is Lost in Acid Medium by Transformation to Desacetyl-β-Cyclopyrethrosin

  • Cecilia Villegas,
  • Rebeca Pérez,
  • Camilo Céspedes-Méndez,
  • Viviana Burgos,
  • Ricardo Baggio,
  • Sebastián Suárez,
  • Bernd Schmidt and
  • Cristian Paz

9 October 2025

Background: Prostate cancer (PC) progression is strongly driven by dysregulated signaling pathways, with NF-κB playing a central role. Sesquiterpene lactones have been reported to modulate this pathway. This study evaluated and compared the cyt...

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372 Views
21 Pages

A Synergistic Approach with Doxycycline and Spirulina Extracts in DNBS-Induced Colitis: Enhancing Remission and Controlling Relapse

  • Meriem Aziez,
  • Mohamed Malik Mahdjoub,
  • Tahar Benayad,
  • Ferroudja Abbas,
  • Sarah Hamid,
  • Hamza Moussa,
  • Ibrahima Mamadou Sall,
  • Hichem Tahraoui,
  • Abdeltif Amrane and
  • Noureddine Bribi

3 October 2025

Background: Chronic relapsing colitis involves immune dysregulation and oxidative stress, making monotherapies often insufficient. This study investigates a therapeutic strategy combining doxycycline (Dox), an immunomodulatory antibiotic, with Arthro...

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361 Views
18 Pages

The Potential Release of Chemicals from Crumb Rubber Infill Material—A Literature Review

  • Federica Ghelli,
  • Samar El Sherbiny,
  • Giulia Squillacioti,
  • Nicoletta Colombi,
  • Valeria Bellisario and
  • Roberto Bono

2 October 2025

End-of-life tyre (ELT) management is still a hot topic due to implications for sustainability and human health. This review aims to summarise the findings concerning the chemicals’ bio-accessibility/availability from the granular tyre-derived i...

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270 Views
26 Pages

Coffee Waste as a Green Precursor for Iron Nanoparticles: Toward Circular, Efficient and Eco-Friendly Dye Removal from Aqueous Systems

  • Cristina Rodríguez-Rasero,
  • Juan Manuel Garrido-Zoido,
  • María del Mar García-Galán,
  • Eduardo Manuel Cuerda-Correa and
  • María Francisca Alexandre-Franco

2 October 2025

In this study, the use of spent coffee waste as a green precursor of polyphenolic compounds, which are subsequently employed as reducing agents for the synthesis of zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI) aimed at the efficient removal of dyes from aqu...

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498 Views
24 Pages

Methylphenidate and Its Impact on Redox Balance and Behavior

  • George Jîtcă,
  • Ingrid Evelin Mehelean,
  • Ana Natalia Maier and
  • Carmen-Maria Jîtcă

30 September 2025

Methylphenidate (MPH) and its active enantiomer, dexmethylphenidate, are widely prescribed as first-line therapies for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), yet their increasing non-medical use highlights significant clinical and toxicolog...