Fipronil and imidacloprid reduce honeybee mitochondrial activity

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2070-2075

  Nicodemo, Daniel ^a   Maioli, Marcos A ^a   Medeiros, Hyllana C D ^a   Guelfi, Marieli ^a   Balieira, Kamila V B ^a   De Jong, David ^b   Mingatto, Fábio E ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Honeybee; Insecticide; Mitochondria; Pesticide; Toxicity mechanism

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; MITOCHONDRIA; PESTICIDES; SUBSTRATES; TOXICITY;

AFRICANIZED HONEYBEES; ATP PRODUCTIONS; DOSE-DEPENDENT MANNER; HONEYBEE; MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVITY; MITOCHONDRIAL BIOENERGETICS; SUB-LETHAL EFFECTS; TOXICITY MECHANISMS;

INSECTICIDES;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FIPRONIL; IMIDACLOPRID; INSECTICIDE; PYRUVIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

BIOENERGY; HONEYBEE; INHIBITION; INSECTICIDE; MITOCHONDRION; PEST CONTROL; POLLINATION; RESPIRATION; SUBSTRATE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; COLONY COLLAPSE; HEAD; HONEYBEE; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

HONEYBEE; INSECTICIDE; MITOCHONDRIA; PESTICIDE; TOXICITY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BEES; IMIDAZOLES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MITOCHONDRIA; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PYRAZOLES;

EID: 84906303487     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2655     Document Type: Article

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