Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase activity in Haemonchus contortus (Nematoda)

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-40

  Kotze, A C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

cytochrome P450; Haemonchus contortus; monooxygenase; phenobarbital; piperonyl butoxide

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; PHENOBARBITAL; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LARVA; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT;

7-ALKOXYCOUMARIN O-DEALKYLASE; ANIMALS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; HAEMONCHUS; KINETICS; LARVA; MICROSOMES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; NADP; PHENOBARBITAL; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; SHEEP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030932536     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00161-0     Document Type: Article

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