ŠKULCOVÁ, Lucia, Naveen NJATTUVETTY CHANDRAN and Lucie BIELSKÁ. Chiral conazole fungicides - (Enantioselective) terrestrial bioaccumulation and aquatic toxicity. Science of the Total Environment. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 2020, vol. 743, November 2020, p. 1-12. ISSN 0048-9697. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140821.
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Original name Chiral conazole fungicides - (Enantioselective) terrestrial bioaccumulation and aquatic toxicity
Authors ŠKULCOVÁ, Lucia (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Naveen NJATTUVETTY CHANDRAN (356 India, belonging to the institution) and Lucie BIELSKÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Science of the Total Environment, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, 2020, 0048-9697.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10511 Environmental sciences
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 7.963
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/20:00117361
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140821
UT WoS 000573543300017
Keywords in English Conazole fungicides; Nematodes; Chironomids; Earthworms; bioaccumualation; Multigeneration exposure
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Abstract
Five conazole fungicides (CFs) (epoxiconazole, tebuconazole, myclobutanil, uniconazole (P), rac-uniconazole, and diniconazole) were tested in order to provide additional information on i) the effects of CFs on the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and on the aquatic insect Chironomus riparius under acute exposure scenarios and in multi-generation exposure studies, taking advantage of the short life cycle of nematodes and ii) on the bioaccumulation (earthworm Elsenia andrei) profiles of CFs including also the enantiomer-specific assessment of degradation in soils and uptake/elimination by earthworms. Acute toxicity was considered low following the exposure of up to 2.5 mg of CFs per liter of the test medium. In a multigeneration study on nematodes, all five generations exposed to epoxiconazole were significantly negatively affected in terms of reproductive efficiency, and the severity of effects increased from F0 to F1 generation and was sustained thereafter. Adverse effects were also observed in the case of uniconazole (P) and diniconazole, and similarly to epoxiconazole, the effects occurred within the active life of the pesticides and were assumed to be based on their half-lives in soil (e.g., 53.3 to 691 days for uniconazole and diniconazole in our study) and in sediment/water. Bioaccumulation of diniconazole and uniconazole by earthworms varied between soils (Lufa 2.1 >= Lufa 2.4 > sandy soil > Lufa 2.2) and compounds (diniconazole > uniconazole) and was enantioselective. Earthworms preferentially accumulated R-uniconazole as a result of faster elimination of the S-form, which was evidenced from the enantiomer-specific uptake/elimination rate constants derived from the bioaccumulation profiles. Our results suggest that multigeneration exposure studies can advantageously be used for assessing the long-term and trans-general effects of pesticides. Also, the enantioselectivity in bioaccumulation observed for both uniconazole and diniconazole suggests that enantioselectivity in the fate and effects should be considered when exploring ways for safer and sustainable use of chiral pesticides.
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EF17_043/0009632, research and development projectName: CETOCOEN Excellence
GJ18-14926Y, research and development projectName: Enanatioselectivita současných chirálních conazolových fungicidů
LM2018121, research and development projectName: Výzkumná infrastruktura RECETOX (Acronym: RECETOX RI)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, RECETOX RI
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