Effect of insecticides on vital activity, hepatic enzymes and red blood cell acetyl cholinesterase activity of rabbits in Makkah

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 291-295

  Sawas, A H ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AIRLEN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; LIVER ENZYME; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID; ROSFIN; SULVAC; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; AIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOLOGY; CAGE; COMPRESSION; ERYTHROCYTE; INSECT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RELIGION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ERYTHROCYTES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; ISLAM; RABBITS; SAUDI ARABIA; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031770182     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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