Oxidative bioactivation of methamidophos insecticide: Synthesis of N- hydroxymethamidophos (a candidate metabolite) and its proposed alternative reactions involving N → O rearrangement or fragmentation through a metaphosphate analogue

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-34

  Mahajna, Mahmoud ^a   Casida, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 BENZYLIMIDAZOLE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; INSECTICIDE; METHAMIDOPHOS; OXIDOREDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PARATHION; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; THIAMAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HOUSE FLY; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROXYLATION; INTOXICATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; HOUSEFLIES; INSECTICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PARATHION;

ANIMALIA; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 0031908108     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx9701135     Document Type: Article

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