Effect of malathion, an organophosphorus pesticide, on the serum proteins of Heteropneustes fossilis (BLOCH)

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-83

  Munshi, Jotyswarup Datta ^a   Dutta, Hiran M ^b   Singh, Narender Kumar ^a   Roy, Prabhat Kumar ^a   Adhikari, Soma ^a   Dogra, Joseph Victor Vijaydhar ^a   Ali, Mirza Mohamad ^a  

^a T M BHAGALPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Malathion; Serum proteins

Indexed keywords

MALATHION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CELL DAMAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOLYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LC 50; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CATFISHES; ELECTROPHORESIS; INSECTICIDES; MALATHION;

EID: 0032903441     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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