Enzymatic Bioremediation of Organophosphate Compounds-Progress and Remaining Challenges.

ABSTRACT: Organophosphate compounds are ubiquitously employed as agricultural pesticides and maintained as chemical warfare agents by several nations. These compounds are highly toxic, show environmental persistence and accumulation, and contribute to numerous cases of poisoning and death each year. While their use as weapons of mass destruction is rare, these never fully disappear into obscurity as they continue to be tools of fear and control by governments and terrorist organizations. Beyond weaponization, their wide-scale dissemination as agricultural products has led to environmental accumulation and intoxication of soil and water across the globe. Therefore, there is a dire need for rapid and safe agents for environmental bioremediation, personal decontamination, and as therapeutic detoxicants

SUBMITTER: Thakur M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6856225 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature