Methyl parathion activation by a partially purified rat brain fraction

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-60

  De Lima, Jaime Silva ^a   Bastos Neto, Jayme Da Cunha ^b   Bastos, Lucia Freire Da Cunha ^b   Da Cunha, Julia Claro ^b   De Mattos Moraes, Flavia Franchini ^c   Alves Ferreira, Maria De Fatima ^b   Da Costa Moreira, Josino ^c   De Castro Faria, Mauro Velho ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Brain; Organophosphorus pesticides; Parathion activation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACETYLTHIOCHOLINE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARATHION METHYL; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; PROADIFEN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVATION; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030248242     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(96)03704-6     Document Type: Article

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