Cholinergic activity of selected methanesulfonate insecticides. A pharmacological profile

Pesticide Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Smith, Karen W ^a   Virgona, Christopher T ^a   Pennefather, Jocelyn N ^b   Holan, George ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Cholinesterase inhibition; Insecticide; Metabolism; Methanesulfonates; Sulfone; Sulfoxide; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143051032     PISSN: 0031613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9063(199603)46:3<247::AID-PS360>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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