A MASS SPECTROMETRY-BASED STUDY OF SERUM BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION FROM PESTICIDE EXPOSURE AND ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE-INDUCED PROTEOME ALTERATION
Pesticides including organophosphates (OPs) and carbamates (CBs) are widelyused to control undesirable pests. These compounds are neurotoxic and inhibithydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine by acetylcholinesterase. Public healthconcerns have increased with the escalating usage of pesticid...
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UKnowledge
2006
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| Online Access: | http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/290 http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1293&context=gradschool_diss |