Cholinesterase-inhibiting insecticides : their impact on wildlife and the environment
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Cholinesterase-inhibiting insecticides : their impact on wildlife and the environment
（Chemicals in agriculture, v. 2）
Elsevier, 1991
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"This book has its roots in a symposium held in Toronto as part of the 10th Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry"--Pref
Includes bibliographical references and index
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内容説明
Foremost specialists in the field of cholinesterase-inhibiting insecticides have contributed to this volume, to provide an accurate assessment of the impacts of organophosphate and carbamate pesticides on non-target organisms, especially wildlife. The increased scrutiny of pest control agents in recent years has resulted from several factors. These comprise the demands for environmental protection, the recognition of wildlife as a valuable and diminishing resource, and the realization that few wild habitats exist that pest control programs do not directly target or indirectly affect. In that context, the book brings together the scattered literature on the effects of anticholinesterase pesticides on wildlife and other non-target species. The literature has long been dominated by research emanating from the drug industry and the military. The therapeutic aspects of cholinergically-active substances and their potential as chemical warfare agents has directed research in the field. Thus the measurement of cholinesterase activity as a biomarker to assess the impact on wildlife species is a relatively recent phenomenon. Since the pesticides currently suspected of causing unacceptable harm to wildlife are either organophosphates or carbamates, the measurement of cholinesterase values and their interpretations provide the topical subject matter of this book.
目次
Preface. List of Contributors. Phylogenetic Distribution of Cholinesterases and Related
Esterases (C.H. Walker, H.M. Thompson). Biochemical
Characteristics of Cholinesterases in Aquatic Organism (C.
Habig, R.T. Di Giulio). Methods Used in Determination of
Cholinesterase Activity (A. Fairbrother, B.T. Marden, J.K.
Bennett, M.J. Hooper). The Mechanism of Organophosphate
Inhibition of Cholinesterase - Proposal for a New Approach to
Measuring Inhibition (S.W. Kennedy). Biological Variability
and the Influence of Stress on Cholinesterase Activity (B.A.
Rattner, A. Fairbrother). Serum "B" Esterases as Indicators of
Exposure to Pesticides (H.M. Thompson). Use of Cholinesterase
Measurements in Surveillance of Wildlife Poisoning in Farmland
(P.W. Greig-Smith). Biological Consequences of Depressed Brain
Cholinesterase Activity in Wildlife (C.E. Grue, A.D.M. Hart,
P. Mineau). Factors Influencing Variability in Brain
Acetylcholinesterase Activity in Songbirds Exposed to Aerial
Fenitrothion Spraying (D.G. Busby, L.M. White). The Effects of
Cholinesterase Inhibiting Insecticides on Fish (J.G. Zinkl,
W.L. Lockhart, S.A. Kenny, F.J. Ward). The Use of
Cholinesterase Measurements in Assessing the Impacts of
Pesticides on Terrestrial and Aquatic Invertrebates (C.A.
Edwards, S.W. Fisher). Difficulties in the Regulatory
Assessment of Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Insecticides (P.
Mineau). Bibliography. List of species or genera mentioned in the text. An index of organophosphate and carbamate insecticides and other cholinesterase-inhibiting chemicals mentioned in the text.
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