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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Herbicide Glyphosate: Toxicity and Microbial Degradation.

Simranjeet Singh, Vijay Kumar, Jatinder Pal Kaur Gill, Shivika Datta, Satyender Singh, Vaishali Dhaka, Dhriti Kapoor, Abdul Basit Wani, Daljeet Singh Dhanjal, Manoj Kumar and 2 more

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Effects of Glyphosate and RoundupInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  15. ProbioticACS omega · 2025
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  16. Characterization ofInternational journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2025
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  20. The Effects of Glyphosate and RoundupMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Simranjeet SinghDepartment of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India.ORCID 0000-0003-0486-4802
Vijay KumarRegional Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Gwalior 474009, India.ORCID 0000-0002-5413-2856
Jatinder Pal Kaur GillDepartment of Education, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
Shivika DattaDepartment of Zoology, Doaba College Jalandhar, Jalandhar 144001, India.
Satyender SinghRegional Advance Water Testing Laboratory, Department of Water Supply and Sanitation, Phase-II, S.A.S. Nagar 160054, India.
Vaishali DhakaDepartment of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3460-8976
Dhriti KapoorDepartment of Botany, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India.
Abdul Basit WaniDepartment of Chemistry, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1331-2068
Daljeet Singh DhanjalDepartment of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India.ORCID 0000-0003-4791-7388
Manoj KumarDepartment of Life Sciences, Central University Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi 835205, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7945-7713
S L HarikumarDepartment of Life Sciences, Central University Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi 835205, India.
Joginder SinghDepartment of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India.ORCID 0000-0001-6968-4912

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glyphosate is a non-specific organophosphate pesticide, which finds widespread application in shielding crops against the weeds. Its high solubility in hydrophilic solvents, especially water and high mobility allows the rapid leaching of the glyphosate into the soil leading to contamination of groundwater and accumulation into the plant tissues, therefore intricating the elimination of the herbicides. Despite the widespread application, only a few percentages of the total applied glyphosate serve the actual purpose, dispensing the rest in the environment, thus resulting in reduced crop yields, low quality agricultural products, deteriorating soil fertility, contributing to water pollution, and consequently threatening human and animal life. This review gives an insight into the toxicological effects of the herbicide glyphosate and current approaches to track and identify trace amounts of this agrochemical along with its biodegradability and possible remediating strategies. Efforts have also been made to summarize the biodegradation mechanisms and catabolic enzymes involved in glyphosate metabolism.

Indexed as

HerbicidesBiodegradation, EnvironmentalGlycineGlyphosateHumansPlant WeedsGlycineGlyphosateHerbicidesbiodegradationcatabolic enzymesenvironmental fateglyphosateherbicidetoxicity

Identifiers

PMID33076575
PMCPMC7602795

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