Esterase inhibition in tadpoles of Scinax fuscovarius (Anura, Hylidae) as a biomarker for exposure to organophosphate pesticides

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1411-1421

  Leite, Patricia Zazeri ^a   Margarido, Tatiana Cristina Stefani ^a   de Lima, Daína ^a   Rossa Feres, Denise de Cerqueira ^a   de Almeida, Eduardo Alves ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Diazinon; Environmental pollution; Esterase; Pesticide; Scinax fuscovarius; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

4 TOLUENESULFONYL FLUORIDE; 4-TOLUENESULFONYL FLUORIDE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; DIMPYLATE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ESTERASE; ISO OMPA; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; TOLUENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROG; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANURA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; DIAZINON; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTERASES; LARVA; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; TETRAISOPROPYLPYROPHOSPHAMIDE; TOSYL COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANURA; HYLIDAE; SCINAX; SCINAX FUSCOVARIUS; TETRA;

EID: 77955655110     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0326-y     Document Type: Article

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