Recovery of cholinesterase activity in the earthworm Eisenia fetida savigny following exposure to chlorpyrifos

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1963-1967

  Aamodt, Solveig ^a,b   Konestabo, Heidi Sjursen ^a   Sverdrup, Line Emilie ^a   Gudbrandsen, Marius ^a   Reinecke, Sophiè A ^b   Reinecke, Adriaan J ^b   Stenersen, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chlorpyrifos; Cholinesterase; Earthworm; Eisenia fetida; Organophosphate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; INSECTICIDES; NEUROLOGY;

CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE; EARTHWORM; EISENIA FETIDA; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

ENZYMES;

ACETYLTHIOCHOLINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBARIL; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE; PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORPYRIFOS; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMOGENATE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL INVERTEBRATE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHOLINESTERASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; OLIGOCHAETA;

ANIMALIA; EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 34548495837     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-021R.1     Document Type: Article

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