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The association between malathion resistance and acetylcholinesterase in Drosophila melanogaster
The relationship between the 50% survival time for flies feeding on a malathion-containing medium and the activity of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) was...
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Mutagenicity of DNOC in Drosophila Melanogaster
The insecticide/ascaricide dinitro-ortho-cresol (DNOC) was tested for mutagenicity in BASC or Muller-5 test with Drosophila melanogaster. The...
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The Screening of Pesticides in Forensic Toxicology
The 1979 edition of “Approved products for farmers and growers” (M.A.F.F. 1979) now lists over 200 compounds which are readily available for use as...
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The Comparative Neurotoxicity of Formamidine Pesticides
The formamidine pesticides continue to interest investigators because of their novel chemistry, pharmacology, and spectrum of activity. They have...
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The Biochemical and Physiological Basis of Selective Toxicity
It may not be a travesty of the truth to suppose that as soon as the first two living organisms appeared in the primeval soup where life began, one...
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Insecticides as Inhibitors of Respiration
Under aerobic conditions, the energy required by the tissue cell is provided mainly by respiration, which refers to oxidation of the biological fuel...
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Classification of Insecticides
The development of new insecticides in the past three decades has been so rapid that no single book can adequately cover all the insecticidal...
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Introduction
Toxicology is one of the oldest branches of pharmacology. Traditionally, it has been thought of as the science of poisons affecting human lives and,...
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Modes of Action of Insecticides
The modes of action of various drugs and poisons have fascinated mankind since the age of witchcraft-medicine. As stated before, insect toxicology is...
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Untersuchungen über den Einfluß der Temperatur und relativen Luftfeuchtigkeit auf die Entwicklung und Überlebenszeit von Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi Neumann, 1897
Quantitative evaluation of the ecological tolerance of a South African (Nelspruit) strain of Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi was carried out by...
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Fluorine-Containing Insecticides
Fluorine has played a significant role in insect control since about 1896 when sodium fluoride and various iron fluorides were patented in England as...
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The problem of residues in meat of edible domestic animals after application or intake of organophosphate esters
Economic agricultural production requires the use of insecticides. The organophosphate esters have their established position within the available...