Acephate insecticide toxicity: Safety conferred by inhibition of the bioactivating carboxyamidase by the metabolite methamidophos

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 64-69

  Mahajna, Mahmoud ^a   Quistad, Gary B ^a   Casida, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACEPHATE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMIDASE; CARBOXYAMIDASE; DIMETHOATE; METHAMIDOPHOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HOUSE FLY; HYDROLYSIS; LD 50; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DIMETHOATE; DRUG SYNERGISM; HOUSEFLIES; INSECTICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031013506     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx9601420     Document Type: Article

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