Toxic effects of dimethoate and carbaryl pesticides on protein metabolism of the freshwater snail Lymnaea acuminata

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 146-152

  Tripathi, P K ^a   Singh, A ^a  

^a D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBARIL; DIMETHOATE; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LYMNAEA ACUMINATA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SNAIL; STRESS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CARBARYL; DIMETHOATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INSECTICIDES; LYMNAEA; PROTEINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA;

EID: 0037216107     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0168-5     Document Type: Article

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