Effect of fenvalerate technical grade on acetyl cholinesterase activity in Indian bullfrog Haplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin)

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 445-448

  Tilak, K S ^a   Veeraiah, K ^a   Sastry, L V M ^a   Rao, J V ^b  

^a ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetyl cholinesterase; Fenvalerate; Non target species

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; FENVALERATE;

ENZYME; FROG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BULLFROG; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LC 50; LIVER; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; HAPLOBATRACHUS TIGERINUS; RANA CATESBEIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141625134     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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