β-Glucuronidase activity is a sensitive biomarker to assess low-level organophosphorus insecticide exposure

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-119

  Ueyama, Jun ^a   Satoh, Tetsuo ^b   Kondo, Takaaki ^a   Takagi, Kenji ^a   Shibata, Eiji ^c   Goto, Masahiro ^d   Kimata, Akiko ^a   Saito, Isao ^e   Hasegawa, Takaaki ^c   Wakusawa, Shinya ^a   Kamijima, Michihiro ^f  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Food Safety and Quality Research Center   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucuronidase; Biomarker; Cholinesterase; Organophosphorus insecticides; Urinary dialkyl phosphate

Indexed keywords

ALKANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINESTERASE; CREATININE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749149660     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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