Toxicities of fipronil enantiomers to the honeybee Apis mellifera L. and enantiomeric compositions of fipronil in honey plant flowers

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-132

  Li, Xiqing ^a   Bao, Chen ^a   Yang, Daibin ^b   Zheng, Mingqi ^c   Li, Xuefeng ^c   Tao, Shu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enantiomeric fractions; Fipronil; Honey plant flowers; Honeybees; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFTER-TREATMENT; APIS MELLIFERA; APPLICATION RATES; BRASSICA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ENANTIOMERIC COMPOSITION; ENANTIOMERIC FRACTIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; FIPRONIL; LETHAL DOSE; MEDIAN LETHAL CONCENTRATION; TOXICITY TEST;

TOXICITY;

FIPRONIL; INSECTICIDE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOWER; HONEYBEE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINESE CABBAGE; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CHRYSANTHEMUM INDICUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HONEYBEE; LD 50; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; RISK REDUCTION; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; BEE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FLOWER; STEREOISOMERISM; TOXICITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BRASSICA RAPA; CHRYSANTHEMUM INDICUM; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BEES; FLOWERS; INSECTICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; PYRAZOLES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77952251352     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.17     Document Type: Article

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