Nodular hidradenoma: A worrisome mass lesion by Sidra Dil Muhammad, Muhammad Saad Faisal, Muhammad Abdullah Moeez Khan

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Thymoquinone Potentiates the Effect of Phenytoin against Electroshock-Induced Convulsions in Rats by Reducing the Hyperactivation of m-TOR Pathway and Neuroinflammation: Evidence f... by Faheem Hyder Pottoo, Mohammed Salahuddin, Firdos Alam Khan, Fadhel Alomar, Marwa Abdullah AL Dhamen, Abrar Fouad Alhashim, Hawra Hussain Alqattan, Mohamed S. Gomaa, Mohammad N. Alomary

“…The results suggest that the PHT and THQ in combination possesses excellent anticonvulsant and neuroprotective effects.…”
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Environmental Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Selected Medicinal Herbs and Spices by Hussien Aliwy Hassan Al-keriawy, Sundus Saleh Nehaba, Saad Wali Alwan

“…Non-carcinogenic risks and estimated daily consumption of these herbs were assessed on the basis of the target hazard quotient (THQ) and Hazard Index (HI). THQ values for individual minerals were more than one indicating health risks for nickel (15.5) Mentha verticillata leaves, (12.3) for Matricaria chamomilla, other metals Cu, Co, Pb and Zn were recorded THQ˃1which considered unsafe for human consumption. …”
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Human health hazard implications of heavy metals concentration in swimming crab (Callinectes amnicola) from polluted creeks in Rivers State, Nigeria by Brilliance Onyinyechi Anyanwu, Davies Ibienebo Chris

“…The THQ for individual metals were all <1 in C. amnicola, indicating minimal risk by individual metals when consumed by adults and children, except for Zn with THQ >1, indicating potent for a non-carcinogenic health risks of C. amnicola consumption. …”
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Cadmium exposure via food crops: a case study of intensive farming area by Munisamy, Raagheni, Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah, Praveena, Sarva Mangala

“…Eight out of 11 soil samples exceed the permissible limit of Cd outlined by The Dutch Standard (1 mg kg-1). The findings on THQ demonstrated that all respondents are within the acceptable non-carcinogenic health risk (THQ<1). …”
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Practical synthetic strategies towards lipophilic 6-iodotetrahydroquinolines and -dihydroquinolines by David R. Chisholm, Garr-Layy Zhou, Ehmke Pohl, Roy Valentine, Andrew Whiting

“…The synthesis of novel tetrahydroquinolines (THQ) and dihydroquinolines (DHQ) are reported using three practical, scalable synthetic approaches to access highly lipophilic analogues bearing a 6-iodo substituent, each with a different means of cyclisation. …”
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Health risk assessment of metal fumes in an Iranian Mineral Salt company by Safa Kalteh, Sajjad Mozaffari, Iman Molaei, Ramin Maleki

“…The total hazard quotient (tHQ) and lifetime cancer risk in salt laboratory unit were 5.11 and 4.93E-01, respectively; in maintenance the tHQ=9.35E+01 and LCR =5.90E-01; in metalworks tHQ=6.57 and LCR=4.95E-02. …”
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Evaluation and health risk assessment of phthalates in Okpa (cow pea pudding) packaged and cooked with polyethene bags in Nsukka, Enugu state, South-East Nigeria by Ekene John Nweze, Amarachukwu Vivian Arazu, Florence O. Nduka, Adaude Euphemia Amalunweze

“…These values obtained for the THQ, THI and CR all together were within the safe limits stipulated by USEPA, FAO and WHO. …”
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Distribution, Contents, and Health Risk Assessment of Cadmium, Lead, and Nickel in Bananas Produced in Ecuador by David Romero-Estévez, Gabriela S. Yánez-Jácome, Karina Simbaña-Farinango, Hugo Navarrete

“…Cd and Ni results showed that every sample had EDIs lower than the oral reference dose and THQ values lower than 1, demonstrating that there was no non-carcinogenic risk related to the exposure to Cd and Ni. …”
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Analysis of the Concentration of Heavy Metals in Khat Grown in Meru County and the Assessment of Their Associated Health Risks by Albert M. Oyugi, Joshua K. Kibet, John O. Adongo

“…In addition, the Pb and Cd THQ values and the HI of the six heavy metals investigated in the khat samples exceeded the threshold value of 1.0. …”
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Concentration of potentially toxic elements in fillet shrimps of Mediterranean Sea: Systematic review, meta-analysis and health risk assessment by Trias Mahmudiono, Zahra Esfandiari, Ali Zare, Mohammadmahdi Sarkhoshkalat, Fereshteh Mehri, Yadolah Fakhri

“…THQ level in adults and children due to Cu, Ni, Fe, Zn and inorganic As was lower than 1 value. …”
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Dietary exposure of radionuclides and heavy metals in adult residents in a high background natural radiation area using duplicate diet method by Baolu Yang, Fei Tuo, Qiang Zhou, Jing Zhang, Zeshu Li, Chaoya Pang

“…With respect to heavy metals, the estimated daily intake of heavy metals (DIM) values for As, Hg, Pb, Cd and U in HBNRA were 0.47, 0.03, 15.0, 0.26 and 0.04 μg/kg bw/d, respectively, and the corresponding target hazard quotient (THQ) were 1.58, 0.09, 3.7, 2.56, 0.18. The DIM and THQ of Cd and U in HBNRA were similar to the control area, but the DIM and THQ of Pb were much higher than the corresponding values of 0.39 and 0.03 in the control area. …”
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Bioaccumulation of zinc in edible tropical vegetables in Peninsular Malaysia and its human health risk assessment based on various ethnicities in Malaysia by Koe, Wei Wong, Yap, Chee Kong, Yaacob, Aziran, Nulit, Rosimah, Omar, Hishamuddin, Aris, Ahmad Zaharin, Sharifinia, Moslem, Bakhtiari, Alireza Riyahi, Al-Shami, Salman Abdo, Saleem, Muhammad, Okamura, Hideo

“…As a metric of measurement of HHRA, a comparison of THQ values could yield previously unreported insights into HHRA differences among the compared populations. …”

Risk assessment of some potentially toxic elements pollution in the muscle and liver of Longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol) and Abu mullet (Liza abu) for human consumption in the Hormo... by I Ebrahimi; E Alinejad; S.h Matinkhah

“…Estimation of THQ and HI for children and adults by consumption of the liver of Longtail tuna and Abu mullet were higher than 1 for cadmium and copper. …”
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Health risk assessment of heavy metals from smoked Corbicula fluminea collected on roadside vendors at Kelantan, Malaysia by Koh, Han Dee, Abdullah, Faizuan, Md. Nasir, Siti Nor Aini, Appalasamy, Suganthi, Mohd. Ghazi, Rozidaini, Eh Rak, Aweng

“…Heavy-metal analysis was done using flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry, while human health risk was assessed using provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI), target hazard quotient (THQ), and hazard index (HI). The estimated weekly intake (EWI) for all metals was found within PTWI, while THQ for Cd, Cu, Mn, Pb, and Zn was 0.12, 0.06, 0.04, 0.41, and 0.03, respectively. …”

Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Selected Marine Fish Species of Gadani Shipbreaking Area and Pakistan by Allauddin Kakar, Malik Tahir Hayat, Arshad Mahmood Abbasi, Arshid Pervez, Qaisar Mahmood, Umar Farooq, Tahir Ali Akbar, Shafaqat Ali, Muhammad Rizwan, Hamed A. El-Serehy, Mohamed M. Abdel-Daim

“…Based on target hazard quotient (THQ), the investigated fish species were safe regarding Pb and Mn (THQ < 1), while they may cause potential risk regarding Cd and Ni (THQ > 1). …”
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FexC enhancing the catalytic activity of FeNx in oxidative dehydration of N-heterocycles by Siyuan Sun, Zhihui Liu, Fan Yang, Tian Qiu, Minjian Wang, Andong Feng, Ying Wang, Yongfeng Li

“…Moreover, density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that coexistence of FexC and FeNx structure exhibits high activity owing to the lowest adsorption energy of co-adsorbed O2 and THQ and the longest N–H bond length of THQ, that is because the existence of FexC induces the charges transfer. …”
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A mild catalyzed imino Diels-Alder reaction for the synthesis of N-(2-(o-tolyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline-4-yl)formamide derivatives as regulators of Quorum Sensing in Pseudomona... by Leidy J. García Maza, Dayanna F. Orosco Flórez, Arturo René Mendoza Salgado, Wendy Rosales, Evelyn Mendoza-Torres, Carlos Mario Meléndez

“…Overall, the results suggest that compound N-(6-fluor-2-(o-tolyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline-4-yl)formamide (1a) stands out as the most representative within this series of THQ derivatives.…”
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Occurrence and Consumer Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Frozen Demersal Fish and Cephalopod Products from Benoa Port, Bali Province by Putu Angga Wiradana, I Made Gde Sudyadnyana Sandhika, Putu Eka Sudaryatma, I Gede Widhiantara, Made Nyandra, Adnorita Fandah Oktariani, Setyo Budi Kurniawan

“…In populations of various ages, the target Hazard Quotient (THQ) for the heavy metal was less than 1. At this point, the Total THQ result did not imply any risk to human health from ingestion of these two fishery products. …”
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Determination of the content of selected trace elements in Polish commercial fruit juices and health risk assessment by Kowalska Grażyna, Pankiewicz Urszula, Kowalski Radosław, Mazurek Artur

“…Also, probabilistic risk assessment (non-carcinogenic) was estimated by models including target hazard quotient (THQ and THQ*). Aluminium (Al) was present at the highest concentration in the analysed juices and nectars, with average concentration ranging from 1.34 mg/kg in orange juices (glass) to 4.26 mg/kg in black currant nectar (glass). …”
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