Inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase lower fecundity in the German cockroach: Correlation between the effects on fecundity in vivo with the inhibition of enzymatic activity in embryo cells

Pest Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1111-1117

  Zapata, Rafael ^a   Piulachs, Maria Dolors ^a   Bellés, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blattella; Enzymatic activity; Fecundity; German cockroach; HMG CoA reductase; Statins

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; COMPACTIN; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSECTICIDE; MEVINOLIN; NARINGENIN; SIMVASTATIN;

COCKROACH; ENZYME; FECUNDITY; INHIBITION; PEST CONTROL;

ARTICLE; BLATTA GERMANICA; COCKROACH; DRUG STRUCTURE; EMBRYO CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE STERILIZATION; FERTILITY; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCKROACHES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LARVA; MALE; OVARY;

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; INSECTA;

EID: 0141857436     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.736     Document Type: Article

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