Boric acid toxicity to the German cockroach, Blattella germanica: Alterations in midgut structure, and acetylcholinesterase and glutathione S-transferase activity

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-24

  Habes, D ^a   Morakchi, S ^a   Aribi, N ^a   Farine, J P ^b   Soltani, N ^a  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Blattella germanica; Boric acid; Glutathione S transferase; Midgut; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; DICTYOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 28044435421     PISSN: 00483575     EISSN: 10959939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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