Insect Metabolism of Photoaldrin and Photodieldrin
- 18 April 1969
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 164 (3877), 318-319
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.164.3877.318
Abstract
Photoaldrin and photodieldrin, sunlight products of adrin and dieldrin, are rapidly metabolized to a more toxic material by flies and mosquito larvae. It is suggested that this conversion is the cause for the enhanced toxicities of the photoproducts.Keywords
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