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Yawetz A, Sidis I, Gasith A: Metabolism of parathion and brain cholinesterase inhibition in aroclor 1254-treated and untreated Caspian terrapin (Mauremys caspica rivulata, Emydidae, Chelonia) in comparison with two species of wild birds. Comp Biochem Physiol C. 1983;75(2):377-82.
The mean level of PCB residues in the liver of the Caspian turtle collected in nature was 23 ppm, or approximately 20-fold greater than that detected in the two bird species tested. Treatment of the turtles with aroclor 1254 resulted in a 30-fold increase in the level of PCB residues in the liver but did not cause any increase in the content of cytochrome P-450 and the desulfurase activity of this hemoprotein. The Ki value for acetylcholinesterase inhibition by paraoxon in brain homogenate of the Caspain terrapin was 3 and 2 orders of magnitude higher than that found in the African bulbul and the barn owl, respectively. |
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