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Ansari BA, Kumar K: Malathion toxicity: in vivo inhibition of acetylcholinesterase in the fish Brachydanio rerio (Cyprinidae). Toxicol Lett. 1984 Mar;20(3):283-7.
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in the nervous tissue (brain) of the fish Brachydanio rerio was significantly inhibited by exposure to the organophosphorus (OP) pesticide, malathion. The inhibition was dose- as well as time-dependent. The fish survived even when the activity of the enzyme was inhibited by 90%. There was a significant recovery in the activity of AChE when malathion stress was lifted. |
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