The organochlorine pesticide heptachlor disrupts the structure of model and cell membranes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1326, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-123

  Suwalsky, Mario ^a   Benites, Maritza ^a   Villena, Fernando ^a   Aguilar, Felipe ^b   Sotomayor, Carlos P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte membrane; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Heptachlor; Pesticide; Phospholipid bilayer; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

HEPTACHLOR; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HEPTACHLOR; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0031009615     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(97)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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