Role of B-esterases in assessing toxicity of organophosphorus (chlorpyrifos, malathion) and carbamate (carbofuran) pesticides to Daphnia magna

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-139

  Barata, Carlos ^a   Solayan, Arun ^b   Porte, Cinta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Carbofuran; Carboxylesterase; Chlorpyrifos; Daphnia; Malathion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBAMATE PESTICIDE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CHLORPYRIFOS; ESTERASE; MALATHION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ENZYME; PESTICIDE; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME INHIBITION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 1242318578     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2003.07.004     Document Type: Article

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