Accumulation of endosulfan in wild rat, Rattus norvegious as a result of application to soya bean in mazoe (Zimbabwe)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 125, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 333-345

  Kuvarega, Alex Tawanda ^a   Taru, Philip ^a  

^a BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Endosulfan; Endosulfan sulphate; Fatty tissue; Lethal dosage (LD50); Liver; Muscle; Pesticide; Rats

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; TISSUE;

ENDOSULFAN; ENDOSULFAN SULPHATE; FATTY TISSUES; RATTUS NORVEGIOUS; SOYA BEAN;

RATS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ENDOSULFAN; HEXANE; MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE; SODIUM SULFATE; INSECTICIDE;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ENDOSULFAN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; PESTICIDE; RODENT; SOYBEAN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MUSCLE LEVEL; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RAT; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; SOYBEAN; TOXICOKINETICS; ZIMBABWE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LIVER; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; WILD ANIMAL;

AFRICA; HARARE [ZIMBABWE]; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

RATTUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENDOSULFAN; INSECTICIDES; LIVER; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUSCLES; RATS; SOYBEANS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 34247635715     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9526-9     Document Type: Article

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