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Publication Record for Luis Ruzo:

1.

1972

Ruzo, L.O., M.J. Zabik and R.D. Schuetz.  Polychlorinated biphenyls: photolysis of 3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl and 4,4'-dichlorobiphenyl in solution.  Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 8:217–218.

2.

1973

Ruzo, L.O., M.J. Zabik and R.D. Schuetz.  Photochemistry of bioactive compounds.  Kinetics of selected s-triazines in solution. J. Agric. Food Chem. 21:1047–1049.

3.

1974

Ruzo, L.O., M.J. Zabik and R.D. Schuetz.  Photochemistry of bioactive compounds:  photoproducts and kinetics of polychlorinated biphenyls.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 22:199–202.

4.

1974

Ruzo, L.O., M.J. Zabik and R.D. Schuetz.  Photochemistry of bioactive compounds.  Photochemical processes of polychlorimated biphenyls.
J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 96:3809–3813.

5.

1974

Ruzo, L.O., M.J. Zabik and R.D. Schuetz.  Photochemistry of bioactive compounds.  1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-3-(2,6-dihalobenzoyl) ureas. J. Agric. Food Chem. 22:1106–1108.

6.

1975

Ruzo, L.O. and M.J. Zabik.  Polyhalogenated biphenyls:  photolysis of hexabromo and hexachlorobiphenyls in methanol solution.  Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 13:181–184.

7.

1975

Ruzo, L.O., S. Safe and M.J. Zabik.  Photodecomposition of unsymmetrical polychlorobiphenyls.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 23:594–595.

8.

1975

Ruzo, L.O. and N.J. Bunce.  Anomalous quenching of the triplet excited states of some aryl halides.  Tet. Lett. 8:511–514.

9.

1975

Ruzo, L.O., N.J. Bunce and S. Safe.  Photoreactions of simple halonaphthalenes in solution.  Canad. J. Chem. 53:688–693.

10.

1975

Bunce, N.J., S. Safe and L.O. Ruzo.  Photochemistry of bromobiphenyls: steric effects and electron transfer.  J. Chem. Soc. (London) Perkin I,
1607–1610.

11.

1975

Ruzo, L.O., N.J. Bunce, S. Safe and O. Hutzinger.  Photodegradation of polychloronaphthalenes in methanol solution.  Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 14:341–345.

12.

1975

Safe, S., L.O. Ruzo, D. Jones, N.S. Platonow and O. Hutzinger.  The metabolism of 4-chlorobiphenyl in the pig.  Canad. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 53:392–396.

13.

1975

Ruzo, L.O., S. Safe, O. Hutzinger, N.S. Platonow and D. Jones.  Hydroxylated metabolites of chloronaphthalenes (Halowax 1031) in pig urine.  Chemosphere 3:121–123.

14.

1976

Ruzo. L.O., S. Safe, D. Jones and N. Platonow.  Uptake and distribution of chloronaphtalenes and their metabolites in pigs.  Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 16:233–235.

15.

1976

Ruzo, L.O., G. Sundstrom, O. Hutzinger and S. Safe.  Environmental chemistry of PCB-replacement compounds. II. Photochemical properties of alkylchlorobiphenyls.  Chemosphere 2:71–76.

16.

1976

Ruzo, L.O., S. Safe and O. Hutzinger.  Metabolism of bromobenzenes in the rabbit.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 24:291–293.

17.

1976

Ruzo, L.O., G. Sundstrom, O. Hutzinger and S. Safe.  Photodegradation of polybromobiphenyls (PBB).  J. Agric. Food Chem. 24:1062–1065.

18.

1976

Bunce, N.J., P. Pilon, L.O. Ruzo and D. Sturch.  Electron transfer on photolysis of 1-chloronaphthalene in alkane solvents.  J. Org. Chem. 41:3023–3025.

19.

1976

Ruzo, L.O., R.L. Holmstead and J.E. Casida.  Photochemistry of the potent pyrethroid insecticide a-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl cis-2,2-dimethyl-3-2(2,2-dibromovinyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate (deltamethrin).  Tet. Lett. 35:3045–3048.

20.

1976

Ruzo, L.O., Hutzinger, G. Sundstrom and S. Safe.  Photochemistry of environmental pollutants, a review.  Chemische Weekblade, August, 420–423 (in Dutch).

21.

1976

Ruzo, L.O., D. Jones, S. Safe and O. Hutzinger.  Metabolism of chlorinated naphthalenes.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 24:581–583.

22.

1976

Ruzo, L.O., S. Safe, N.J. Bunce, B. Chittim and O. Hutzinger.  Photodecomposition of halogenated aromatic compounds. In:  “Identification and Analysis of Organic Pollutants in Water.”
(L. Keith, Ed.), Ann Arbor Science Publications, pp. 35–47.

23.

1976

Safe, S., D. Jones, J. Kohli, L.O. Ruzo, O. Hutzinger and G. Sundstrom.  The metabolism of chlorinated aromatic pollutants by the frog.  Canad. J. Zool. 54:1818–1823.

24.

1976

Sundstrom, G., S. Safe, L.O. Ruzo and D. Jones.  Methods for the study of metabolism of toxic and persistent chemicals in aquatic organisms as exemplified by chloronaphthalenes.  In:  “Sublethal Effects of Toxicants in Aquatic Animals” (J.H. Koeman and J.J.T.W.A. Strik, Eds.), Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 177–188.

25.

1977

Choudhry, G.G., G. Sundstrom, L.O. Ruzo and O. Hutzinger.  Photochemistry of chlorinated diphenyl ethers.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 25:1371–1376.

26.

1977

Holmstead, R.L., J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Photochemical reactions of pyrethroid insecticides.  In:  “Synthetic Pyrethroids” (M. Elliot, Ed.), Amer. Chem. Soc. Symp. Ser. 42: pp. 137–146.

27.

1977

Ruzo, L.O. and J.E. Casida.  Metabolism and toxicology of pyrethroids with dihalovinyl substituents.  Environ. Health Persp. 21:285–292.

28.

1977

Ruzo, L.O., G. Sundstrom and O. Hutzinger.  Heavy-atom effects in the photoreactions of halogenated aromatic compounds.  Recl. Trav. Chem. Pays-Bas (J. Royal Neth. Chem. Soc.) 96:249–251.

29.

1977

Ruzo, L.O., R.L. Holmstead and J.E. Casida.  Pyrethroid photochemistry: decamethrin (deltamethrin).  J. Agric. Food Chem. 25:1385–1394.

30.

1977

Chittim, B., S. Safe, L.O. Ruzo, O. Hutzinger and V. Zitko.  Synthesis and spectroscopic and gas chromatographic behavior of isomeric chlorinated terphenyls.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 25:323–326.

31.

1978

Holmstead. R.L., J.E. Casida, L.O. Ruzo and D.G. Fullmer.  Pyrethroid photodecomposition: permethrin.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 26:590–595.

32.

1987

Chittim, B., S. Safe, N.J. Bunce, L.O. Ruzo, K. Olie and O. Hutzinger.  The photolysis of chlorinated p-terphenyls.  Canad. J. Chem. 56:1253–1260.

33.

1978

Holmstead, R.L., D.G. Fullmer and L.O. Ruzo.  Pyrethroid photodecomposition: pydrin (fenvalerate).  J. Agric. Food Chem. 25:954–959.

34.

1978

Ruzo, L.O., T. Unai and J.E. Casida.  Decamethrin (deltamethrin) metabolism in rats.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 26:918–925.

35.

1979

Casida, J.E., L.C. Gaughan and L.O. Ruzo.  Comparative metabolism of pyrethroids derived from 3-phenoxybenzyl and a-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl alcohols.  In:  “Advances in Pesticide Science, Part 2” (H. Geissbuhler, Ed.), New York:  Pergamon, pp. 182–189.

36.

1979

Ruzo, L.O. and J.E. Casida.  Degradation of decamethrin (deltamethrin) on cotton plants.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 27:572–575.

37.

1979

Ruzo, L.O., J.L. Engel and J.E. Casida.  Oxidative, hydrolytic and conjugative reactions in the metabolism of decamethrin (deltamethrin) in mice.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 27:725–731.

38.

1979

Sundstrom, G. and L.O. Ruzo.  Photochemical transformation of pollutants in water.  In:  “Aquatic Pollutants: Transformation and Biological Effects” (O. Hutzinger, I.H. Van Lelyveld and B.C.J. Zoeteman, Eds.), New York: Pergamon, pp. 205–222.

39.

1980

Casida, J.E. and L.O. Ruzo.  Metabolic chemistry of pyrethroid insecticides.  Pestic. Sci. 11:257–269.

40.

1980

Ruzo, L.O.  Photodecomposition of pyrethroid insecticides.  In: “Pyrethroid Insecticides:  Chemistry and Action” (J.E. Casida and M. Elliot, Scientific Committee), Table Ronde Roussel Uclaf (Paris, France) 37, pp. 42–44.

41.

1980

Ruzo, L.O., L.C. Gaughan and J.E. Casida.  Pyrethroid photochemistry: 
S-bioallethrin.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 28:246–249.

42.

1980

Ruzo, L.O. and J.E. Casida.  Pyrethroid photochemistry: mechanistic aspects in reactions of dihalovinylcyclopropanecarboxylate substituents.
J. Chem. Soc. (London) Perkin I, 728–732.

43.

1980

Ruzo, L.O., J.K. Lee, and M.J. Zabik.  Photodecomposition of diphenylether herbicides in solution.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 28:1289–1292.

44.

1981

Ruzo, L.O. and J.E. Casida.  Pyrethroid photochemistry: (S)-a-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl cis-(1R,3R,1'R or S)-3-(1',2'-dibromo-2',2'-dihaloethyl)-2,2-dimethycyclopropanecarboxylates:  tralomethrin and tralocythrin.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 29:702–706.

45.

1981

Ruzo, L.O., L.C. Gaughan and J.E. Casida.  Metabolism and degradation of the pyrethroids tralomethrin and tralocythrin in insects.  Pest. Biochem. Physiol. 15:137–142.

46.

1981

Zabik, M.J. and L.O. Ruzo.  Factors affecting pesticide photodecomposition studies.  In:  “Proceedings of a Symposium on Test Protocols on Environmental Fate and Movement of Toxicants,” Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 94th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, p. 20.

47.

1982

Ruzo, L.O.  Photochemical reactions of the synthetic pyrethroids.  In: “Progress in Pesticide Biochemistry,” Vol. 2 (D.H. Hutson and
T.R. Roberts, Eds.), London: John Wiley, Chapter 1.

48.

1982

Ruzo, L.O., I.H. Smith and John E. Casida.  Pyrethroid photochemistry: photooxidation reactions of the chrysanthemates phenothrin and tetramethrin.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 30:110–116.

49.

1982

Marei, A.E.-S.M., L.O. Ruzo and John E. Casida.  Analysis and persistence of permethrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin and fenvalerate in the fat and brain of treated rats.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 30:558–562.

50.

1982

Cole, L.M., L.O. Ruzo, E.J. Wood and J.E. Casida.  Pyrethroid metabolism: comparative fate in rats of tralomethrin, tralocythrin, deltamethrin and (1R,cis-S)-cypermethrin.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 30:631–636.

51.

1982

Kimmel, E.C., J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Identification of mutagenic photoproducts of the pyrethroids allethrin and terallethrin.
J. Agric. Food Chem. 30:623–636.

52.

1982

Cole, L.M., J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Comparative degradation of the pyrethroids tralomethrin, tralocythrin, deltamethrin and cypermethrin on cotton and bean foliage.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 30:916–920.

53.

1982

Ruzo, L.O. and J.E. Casida.  Pyrethroid photochemistry: intramolecular sensitization and photoreactivity of 3-phenoxybenzyl, 3-phenylbenzyl and 3-benzoylbenzyl esters.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 30:963–966.

54.

1982

Dureja, P., J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Superoxide-mediated dehydrohalogenation of the pyrethroid permethrin and other chlorinated pesticides.  Tet. Lett. 23:5003–5004.

55.

1983

Ando, T., L.O. Ruzo, J.L. Engel and J.E. Casida.  3,3-Dihalopropenyl analogs of allethrin and related pyrethroids:  synthesis, biological activity and photostability.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 31:250–253.

56.

1983

Gammon, D.W., L.O. Ruzo and J.E. Casida.  A new pyrethroid insecticide with remarkable potency on nerve axons.  Neurotox. 4:165–169.

57.

1983

Ruzo, L.O.  Involvement of oxygen in the photoreactions of cypermethrin and other halogenated pyrethroids.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 31:1113–1115.

58.

1983

Loher, W., L.O. Ruzo, F.C. Baker, C.A. Miller and D.A. Schooley. Identification of the juvenile hormone from the cricket Teleogryllus commodus and JH Titre changes.  J. Insect Physiol. 29:585–589.

59.

1983

Ruzo, L.O.  Photodegradation of pesticides in solution:  isomerization, dehalogenation and ester cleavage reactions of the pyrethroid insecticides. In “Pesticide Chemistry: Human Welfare and the Environment,” Vol. 3
(J. Miyamoto and P.C. Kearney, Eds.), Pergamon, pp. 311–316.

60.

1983

Ruzo, L.O.  Photooxidation reactions of pyrethroid insecticides.  In: “Pesticide Chemistry: Human Welfare and the Environment,” Vol. 2
(J. Miyamoto and P.C. Kearney, Eds.), Pergamon, pp. 201–206.

61.

1984

Ruzo, L.O., J.E. Casida and D.W. Gammon.  Neurophysiological activity and toxicity of pyrethroids derived by addition of methylene, sulfur or oxygen to the chrysanthemate 2-methyl-l-propenyl substituent.  Pest. Biochem Physiol. 21:84–91.

62.

1984

Dureja, P., J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Dinitroanilines as photostabilizers for pyrethroids.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 32:246–250.

63.

1984

Gammon, D.W. and L.O. Ruzo.  1', 2'-Dibromo analogues of permethrin and deltamethrin:  evidence that debromination is an obligatory requirement for biological activity.  Pest. Sci. 15:586–590.

64.

1985

Ruzo, L.O. and J.E. Casida.  Photochemistry of thiocarbamate herbicides: oxidative and free radical processes of thiobencarb and diallate.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 33:272–276.

65.

1985

Ruzo, L.O., E.C. Kimmel, I. Holden and J.E. Casida.  Reactive intermediates in the chemical and biooxidation of 5-benzyl-3-furylmethyl-substituted pyrethroids.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 33:622–625.

66.

1985

Kleier, D., I. Holden, J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Novel photoreactions of an insecticidal nitromethylene heterocycle.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 33:998–1000.

67.

1985

Gorder, G.W., I. Holden, L.O. Ruzo and J.E. Casida. Phosphinyliminodithiolane insecticides: oxidative bioactivation of phosfolan and mephosfolan.  Bioorganic Chem. 13:344–352.

68.

1985

Gorder, G.W., I. Holden, L.O. Ruzo and J.E. Casida. Phosphinyliminodithiolane insecticides:  novel addition reactions of phosfolan and mephosfolan sulfoxides and sulfones.  Bioorganic Chem. 13:353–361.

69.

1985

Ruzo, L.O., J.E. Casida and I. Holden. Direct NMR detection of an epoxyfuran intermediate in the peracid oxidation of the fungicide methfuroxam. J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Comm. 22:1642–1643.

70.

1985

Kimmel, E.C., J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Formamidine insecticides and chloroacetanilide herbicides: disubstituted anilines and nitrosobenzenes as mammalian metabolites and bacterial mutagens.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 34:157–161.

71.

1985

Ruzo, L.O.  Environmental degradation.  In:  “Pyrethroids:  Their Effects on Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems,” Subcommittee on Pesticides and Industrial Organic Chemicals, Associate Committee on Scientific Criteria for Environmental Quality, National Research Council of Canada, Publication No. 24376, pp. 35–110.

72.

1986

Botto, R.E., P. Neill, L.O. Ruzo and L. Margulies.  Solid 13C NMR of clay/organic complexes with off-line data processing.  Texas A&M NMR Newsletter, No. 332, p. 43, May.

73.

1986

Ruzo, L.O. and W. Draper.  Practical Techniques for Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Pesticides and their Degradation Products.  In:  “Analytical Methods for Pesticides and Insect Growth Regulators.”  Vol. 14 (G. Zweig and J. Sherma, Eds.), New York: Academic Press, pp. 133–192.

74.

1986

Casida, J.E. and L.O. Ruzo.  Reactive intermediates in pesticide metabolism.  Xenobiotica. 16:1003–1015.

75.

1986

Brown, M.A., L.O. Ruzo and J.E. Casida.  Photochemical conversion of a dicofol impurity, a-chloro-DDT, to DDE.  Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 37:791–796.

76.

1986

Ruzo, L.O., E.C. Kimmel and J.E. Casida.  Ozonides and epoxides from ozonization of pyrethroids.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 34:1057–1060.

77.

1986

Holloway, S.J., J.G. Scott, J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Bioactive aziridine derivatives of chrysanthemate insecticides.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 34:1057–1060.

78.

1986

Eastmond, D.A., M.T. Smith, L.O. Ruzo and D. Ross.  Metabolic activation of phenol by human myeloperoxidase and horseradish peroxidase.  Molecular Pharmacol. 30:674–679.

79.

1986

Dureja, P., J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Additives for improved pesticide photostability.  US. Patent No. 4,622,315, Nov. 11.

80.

1987

Draper, W., R.D. Stephens and L.O. Ruzo.  Photochemical surface decontamination:  application to a polychlorinated biphenyl spill site.
In:  “Solving Hazardous Waste Problems (J. Exner, Ed.)” ACS Symp. Ser. 338, 350–366, Washington DC

81.

1987

Gohre, K., J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  N-Oxidation and cleavage of the amino acid-derived pesticides glyphosate and fluvalinate.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 35, 388–392.

82.

1987

Ruzo, L.O., E.C. Kimmel, W.M. Draper and J.E. Casida.  Substituted nitrosobenzenes and hydroxylamines as pesticide metabolites and photoproducts and as bacterial mutagens.  In:  “Pesticide Science and Biotechnology” (R. Greenhalgh and T.R. Roberts, Eds., B Blackwell Scientific Publications, pp. 553–556).

83.

1987

Krishnamurthy, V.V., J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Absolute configuration at a fourth activity-determining pyrethroid chiral center assigned by NOESY NMR Analysis.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 35:504‑506.

84.

1987

Ruzo, L.O., V.V. Krishnamurthy, J.E. Casida and K. Gohre.  Pyrethroid Photochemistry:  Influence of the chlorotrifluoromethyl-vinyl-substituent in the new pyrethroid cyhalothrin.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 35:879–883.

85.

1988

Tecle, B., L.O. Ruzo and J.E. Casida.  Radiosynthesis of [benzoyl-3,4,5-3H] diflurobenzuron by a route applicable to other high potency insect growth regulators.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 36, 178–180.

86.

1988

Ruzo, L.O., S.J. Holloway, J.E. Casida and V.V. Krishnamurthy. Photochemistry of the lead insecticide (2E, 4E)-N-isobutyl-6-phenyl-hexa-2,4-dienamide.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 36:841–844.

87.

1988

Ruzo, L.O., E. Cohen and S. Capua.  Comparative metabolism of the pyrethroids biphenthrin and deltamethrin in the mite Rhyzoglyphus robini.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 36:1040–1043.

88.

1988

Lawrence, L.J., S.R. Hamann, L. Kesterson and L. Ruzo.  Apparatus Module for Collection of Volatiles from Test Samples, US Patent 4,791,820, Dec. 20, 1988.

89.

1989

Class, T.J., J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo. Photochemistry of Ethofenprox and Three Related Pyrethroids with Ether, Alkene and Alkane Central Linkages. J. Agric. Food Chem. 37:216–222.

90.

1990

Lawrence, L. J., A. Kesterson, S. Jackson and L. O. Ruzo, Photolysis Apparatus and Collection Trap Module, US Patent 4,935,041,
June 19, 1990.

91.

1991

Lawrence, L. J., A. Kesterson, S. Jackson and L. O. Ruzo.  Soil Photolysis Apparatus and Collection Trap Module, US Patent 4,981,046, January 1, 1991.

92.

1991

Lawrence, L. J., E. Olson and L. O. Ruzo.  Method and Apparatus for Conducting Field Dissipation and Leaching Studies, US Patent 5,009,112, April 23, 1991.

93.

1992

Margulies, L., T. Stern, B. Rubin and L. O. Ruzo.  Photostabilization of Trifluralin Adsorbed on a Clay Matrix.  J. Agric. Food Chem. 40:152–155.

94.

1993

Margulies, L., H. Rozen, T. Stern, G. Rytwo, B. Rubin, L. O. Ruzo, S. Nir and E. Cohen.  Photostabilization of Pesticides by Clays and Chromophores. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 22:467–486.

95.

1995

Ruzo, L. O., K. Shepler and R. Toia.  Pesticide Hydrolysis and Photolysis Studies:  Guideline Challenges and Experimental Approaches in “Agrochemical Environmental Fate, State of the Art,” Lewis Publ. (M. Leng, E. Leovey and P. Zubkoff, Eds.).

96.

2001

Ruzo, L. O. and T. Class. Modern Approaches to Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Foods and the Environment, Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology Vol. 1, 2001 (Academic Press).

97.

2003

Fujisawa, T, L.O. Ruzo, Y. Tomigahara, T. Katagi and Y. Takimoto. Identification of Thiolactic Acid Conjugates of the Fungicide Diethofencarb in Plants and Rats.  Proceedings of the Third Pan Pacific Conference on Pesticide Science, Honolulu.  Section IV-120 (B-4-4), page 23

98.

2003

Gammon, D. and L. Ruzo. Recent Trends in the Regulation of Agrochemicals in the USA, in “The Frontiers of Agrobioregulators” (I. Yamamoto, Ed.) High Technology Information (Japan).

99.

2004

Ruzo, L.O., C. Hatton, A. Jovanovich, V. Barth and K. Kroger, Free and Bound Residues of Active Ingredients from Wood Treated with Impralit-KDS in Proceedings of the American Wood-Preservers’ Association.

100.

2004

Fujisawa, T.,  K. Ichise,  T. Katagi,  L.O. Ruzo and Y. Takimoto.  Identification of thiolactic acid conjugated metabolites of fungicide diethofencarb  in grape and the mechanism for their formation in plant and rat.  ACS Symposium Series 899, Chapter 18.

101.

2006

Ruzo, L. O. Review: Physical, Chemical and Environmental Properties of Selected Chemical Alternatives for the Pre-Plant Use of Methyl Bromide as Soil Fumigant, Pest Management Science 62 , 99-113.

102.

2006

Luis Ruzo and Fred Baker.  Alternatives to Methyl Bromide, 11th IUPAC International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry Kobe, Japan, Aug 10-14 2006


 

ABSTRACTS  

1.

1974

Ruzo, L.O. and S. Safe.  Photochemical mechanisms in the photolysis of chloronaphthalenes.  Spectroscopy Society of Canada, Ottawa, October.

2.

1975

S. Safe and L.O. Ruzo.  Recent advances in the metabolism of chlorinated biphenyls.  Seventh Eastern Canada Symposium on Pesticide Residue Analysis, Toronto, May.

3.

1975

Ruzo, L.O. and S. Safe.  Photochemistry of halogenated aromatic pollutants.  Seventh Eastern Canada Symposium on Pesticide Residue Analysis, Toronto, May.

4.

1975

Bunce, N.J. and L.O. Ruzo.  Electron transfer processes in aryl halides.  Eighth International Congress of Photochemistry (North America), Edmonton, August.

5.

1975

Chittim, B. and L.O Ruzo.  Photoreactivity of halogenated terphenyls. Chemical Institutes of Canada, 58th Canada Chemical Conference, Toronto, June.

6.

1975

Safe, S., L.O. Ruzo and O. Hutzinger.  Photolysis of haloaromatics in aqueous solutions.  American Chemical Society, First International Conference, Mexico City, November.

7.

1976

Holmstead, R.L., J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Photochemical reactions of pyrethroid insecticides.  172nd American Chemical Society Meeting, San Francisco, August.

8.

1977

Ruzo, L.O. and J.E. Casida.  Metabolism and toxicology of pyrethroids with dihalovinyl substituents.  NIEHS Conference on Comparative Metabolism and Toxicity of Vinyl Chloride-Related Compounds, Bethesda, May.

9.

1977

Ruzo, L.O., T. Unai and J.E. Casida.  Decamethrin (deltamethrin) metabolism in rats.  174th American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago, August.

10.

1977

Holmstead, R.L., J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Pyrethroid photodecomposition: pydrin (fenvalerate).  174th American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August.

11.

1977

Sundstrom, G. and L.O. Ruzo.  Photochemical transformations of pollutants in water:  A Review. Second International Symposium on Aquatic Pollutants, Noordwijkerhout, Holland, September.

12.

1978

Casida, J.E., L.C. Gaughan and L.O. Ruzo.  Comparative metabolism of pyrethroids.  Fourth International Congress on Pesticide Chemistry (IUPAC), Zurich, Switzerland, July.

13.

1979

Ruzo, L.O. and J.E. Casida.  Mechanistic aspects of pyrethroid photochemistry, American Chemical Society/Chemical Society of Japan Chemical Congress, Honolulu, April.

14.

1979

Ruzo, L.O.  Photochemical and metabolic degradation processes of decamethrin, a potent pyrethroid insecticide. Fourth Annual Workshop, Association of Official Analytical Chemists, San Francisco, May.

15.

1980

Ruzo, L.O.  Photodecomposition of pyrethroid insecticides.  XXXVII Table Ronde Roussel Uclaf, Paris, March.

16.

1980

Ruzo, L.O., L.C. Gaughan and J.E. Casida.  Insect metabolism and degradation on plants of the dibromo-derivatives of cypermethrin and decamethrin.  Second Chemical Congress of North America (ACS),
Las Vegas, August.

17.

1080

Zabik, M.J. and L.O. Ruzo.  Test for physical and chemical properties: photodegradation.  Association of Official Analytical Chemists, Symposium on Test Protocols for Environmental Fate and Movement of Toxicants, Washington, DC, October.

18.

1981

Waskell, L., J. Gonzales and L.O. Ruzo.  The stoichiometry of methoxyflurane metabolism.  American Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting, New Orleans, October.

19.

1981

Ruzo, L.O., I.H. Smith and J.E. Casida.  Photooxidation of the pyrethroids phenothrin and tetramethrin.  182nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, New York, August.

20.

1981

Marei, A.E.-S.M., L.O. Ruzo and J.E. Casida.  Analysis and persistence of pyrethroids in fat and brain of treated rats.  182nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, New York, August.

21.

1982

Cole, L.M., L.O. Ruzo and J.E. Casida.  Metabolism and degradation of the pyrethroids tralomethrin and tralocythrin in insects and rats and on cotton and bean foliage.  Fifth International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry (IUPAC), Kyoto, August.

22.

1982

Ruzo, L.O.  Photodegradation of pesticides in solution:  isomerization, dehalogenation and ester cleavage reactions of the pyrethroid insecticides.  5th International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry (IUPAC), Kyoto, August.

23.

1982

Ruzo, L.O.  Photooxidation reactions of pyrethroid insecticides.  5th International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry (IUPAC), Kyoto, August.

24.

1983

Ruzo, L.O.  Photodegradation of the pyrethroid insecticides:  effects of substituents and additives on photoreactions and biological activity of certain photoproducts.  185th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Seattle, March.

25.

1983

Dureja, P., J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Pyrethroid photochemistry:  pesticides and other chemicals that stabilize cyphenothrin or destabilize cypermethrin as thin films.  185th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Seattle, March.

26.

1984

Ruzo, L.O.  Pesticide impurities: chemistry and toxicology.  Pesticides and the Environment Symposium, Office for Evaluation of Natural Resources (ONERN), Lima, Peru, April.

27.

1984

Ruzo, L.O. and I. Holden.  Novel photoreactions of insecticidal nitromethylene heterocycles.  188th American Chemical Society Meeting, Philadelphia, August.

28.

1984

Ruzo, L.O.  Multiphase photolysis of thiocarbamates:  oxidative and free radical reactions of thiobencarb and diallate.  188th American Chemical Society Meeting, Philadelphia, August.

29.

1985

Ruzo, L.O.  Reactive intermediates on pesticide metabolism.  First European Symposium on Foreign Compound Metabolism, International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX), Malta, March.

30.

1985

Gorder, G.W., I. Holden, L.O. Ruzo and J. E. Casida.  Novel addition reactions of phosfolan and mephosfolan sulfoxides and sulfones.  190th American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago, September.

31.

1985

Ruzo, L.O., E.C. Kimmel and J.E. Casida.  2,6-Dialkyl-nitrosobenzenes: bacterial mutagens and pesticide metabolites.  190th American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago, September.

32.

1986

Eastmond, D.A., D. Ross, L.O. Ruzo and T. Smith.  Metabolic activation of phenol by human myeloperoxidases.  Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology, New Orleans, March.

33.

1986

Ruzo, L.O., E.C. Kimmel, W.M. Draper and J.E. Casida.  Substituted nitrosobenzenes and hydroxylamines as pesticide metabolites and photoproducts and as bacterial mutagens, 6th International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry (IUPAC), Ottawa, August.

34.

1986

Ruzo, L.O.  Reactive intermediates from epoxidation and ozonization of pesticides.  6th International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry (IUPAC), Ottawa, August.

35.

1986

Gohre, K., J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Biomimetic oxidation of the amino acid-containing pesticides glyphosate and fluvalinate.  6th International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry (IUPAC), Ottawa, August.

36.

1986

Holloway, S.J., J.G. Scott, J.E. Casida and L.O. Ruzo.  Synthesis and biological activity of chrysanthemate insecticides as three-membered nitrogen heterocycles.  6th International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry (IUPAC), Ottawa, August.

37.

1986

Ruzo, L.O.  Chemical, photochemical and biological degradation of pyrethroids:  novel processes and toxicological implications.  Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Washington, DC, November.

38.

1987

Ruzo, L.O., V.V. Krishnamurthy and J.E. Casida.  Photochemistry of the prototype isobutylamide (2E,4E)-N-isobutyl-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienamide.  194th American Chemical Society Meeting. New Orleans, September.

39.

1987

Margulies, L., H. Rozen, L.O. Ruzo and E. Cohen.  Preventing photochemical reactions on a clay surface.  6th Meeting of the European Clay Groups, Seville, Spain.

40.

1988

Ruzo, L.O.  Organizer of Symposium on “NMR Applications to Pesticide Chemistry,” ACS North American Meeting, Toronto, May.

41.

1989

Ruzo, L.O. and M. Brown.  Organizers of Symposium on “LC-MS Applications and New Developments in Analysis of Pesticides and Environmental Samples,” Dallas, April.

42.

1989

Ruzo, L.O. and L.J. Lawrence.  New Experimental Approaches for the Study of Pesticide Behavior in the Environment, in “Pesticide and Alternatives Symposium” (J. Casida, Chairman) Colymbari, Crete, September.

43.

1989

Ruzo, L.O., K. Shepler, J. Lawrence and A. Kesterson.  Vapor Phase Photolysis of Pesticides.  “Fate of Agrochemicals on Land, Ocean and Atmosphere.”  International Chemical Conference of the Pacific Basin, Honolulu, Hawaii, December.

44.

1990

Ruzo, L. O. and J. Lawrence.  Field Leaching Studies Utilizing Radiolabeled Pesticides.  Environmental Fate and Transport.  Seventh International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry (IUPAC), Hamburg, August.

45.

1992

Ruzo, L.O. and J. Lawrence.  ACS 204th National Meeting, Pesticide Photodegradation Studies:  Guideline Challenges and Approaches.  Environmental Fate Symposium, Washington DC

46.

1992

Ruzo, L.O.  XIX International Congress of Entomology Photochemistry of Insecticides:  Chemical and Environmental Perspectives.  Symposium on Insecticide Metabolism and Environmental Degradation, Beijing, China, July.

47.

1994

Esser, T., K. Jalali, K. Shepler and L. O. Ruzo.  ACS 208th National Meeting, Aquatic Fate of Glutaraldehyde, Washington DC.

48.

1995

Ruzo, L.O., K. Shepler and R.F. Toia.  Third European Conference on Pesticide Chemistry and Sustainable Agriculture:  Environmental Fate Studies (L. Ruzo, Chairman and Co-Organizer), Budapest Hungary, May.

49.

1997

Skinner W., L. Ruzo and N. Andrawes.  ACS 213th National Meeting, Metabolism of Aldicarb in Anaerobic Sediment and Water.  San Francisco, CA., April.

50.

1997

Skinner, W., L. Ruzo, S. Moran and H. Fujiwara.  ACS 213th National Meeting, Use of 15N Enrichment to Elucidate the Mechanism of Formation of a Metabolite of MON 37500 Under Anaerobic Aquatic Conditions.  San Francisco, CA., April.

51.

1997

Hathcock, T., L. Ruzo and A. Rose.  ACS 213th National Meeting, Distribution and Metabolism of 14C-Lactofen in Lactating Goats.  San Francisco, CA., April.

52.

1998

Ruzo, L. O., J. Lawrence and T. Class.  ACS 215th National Meeting, Contract Research at PTRL:  An Integrated Approach to Meet New Challenges. Dallas, TX., April.

53.

1998

Ruzo, L. O., and F. Baker. 9th International Congress Pesticide Chemistry (IUPAC).  Use of Chemical Oxidation as an Approach to Generate Pesticide Metabolites.  London, August.

54.

1998

Ruzo, L. O., E. Codrea and J. Rose. 9th International Congress Pesticide Chemistry (IUPAC).  Oxydemeton Methyl:Desmethyl Metabolites are not Cholinesterase Inhibitors.  London, August.

55.

1998

Jalali, K., L. O. Ruzo, K. Motoba and M. Shigemura.  Identification of Fenproximate Metabolite in Goat Tissues by Electrospray LC-MS.  216th American Chemical Society meeting, Boston, August.

56.

1998

Pupek, K., S. Kwiatkowski, L. O. Ruzo and J. E. Lawrence.  Synthesis of 13C and 14C (R) and (S) Allethrolone and S-Bioallethrin.  9th International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry (IUPAC), London, August.

57.

2004

Ruzo, L.O.  Free and Bound Residues of Active Ingredients from Wood Treated with Impralit-KDS. American Wood Preservers’ Association 100th Annual Meeting Vancouver, May.

58.

2005

Ruzo, L., Recent Trends in the Regulation of Agicultural Chemicals in the USA. National Meeting Of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan, Tokyo, March

59.

2006

Ruzo, L. and F. Baker, Chemical Properties of Methyl Bromide Alternatives, 11th International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry (IUPAC), Kobe, August

 

 

INVITED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AT:

Chevron, Richmond, CA

Ciba Geigy, Basel, Switzerland

Dow Chemical, Midland, MI

FMC Company, Princeton, NJ and Richmond, CA

Hebrew University, Jerusalem

ICI, Jealotts Hill, UK

Mahkteshim Chemical Company, Beer Sheva, Israel

Monsanto Chemical Company, St. Louis, MO

Nihon Noyaku, Osaka, Japan

Oregon State University-Toxicology Center

Oficina Nacional de Evaluacion de Recursos Naturales (ONERN), Lima, Peru

Rohm and Haas Chemical Company

Rothamsted Experimental Station (NRDC), Harpenden, UK

Roussel Uclaf, Paris

Roussel Uclaf, USA

Shell Development Co., Modesto, CA

Shell, Sittingbourne, UK

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Osaka, Japan

Syntex, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Technische Hochschule Munchen, West Germany

Uniroyal Chemical Co.

University of Alexandria, Egypt - Agricultural Chem. Dept.

University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada - Chem. Dept.

University of Nevada, Reno - Biochem. Dept.

University of Stockholm, Sweden - Analytical Chem. Dept.

University of Nottingham, UK - Chem. Dept.

Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

Wellcome Research Laboratories, Berkhamsted, UK

 

 

Luis Ruzo, Ph.D.
Fred Baker, Ph.D.
Kathryn Shepler, B.S.
Janine Marin, Ph.D.
David Dohn, Ph. D.
Marian Ponte, B.S.
Gary Quistad, Ph.D.
Bill Smith, B.S.
Tim Arndt, B.S.
Katsumi Sugiyama, Ph.D.