| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 490 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Issues in Toxicology,
1757-7179 ;
no. 12
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Issues in toxicology ; 12.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Insects more similar in structure and physiology to mammals than plants or fungi. Consequently, insecticides are often of greater toxicity to mammals than herbicides. This is particularly the case with neurotoxins. However, some insecticides are targeted at structures or hormonal systems specific to insects (insect growth regulators/chitin synthesis inhibitors) so are less harmful but can still be mildly haematotoxic. There are, therefore, issues specific to insecticides, which do not occur with other pesticides - hence the need for a book specifically on insecticide toxicology in mammals. The book starts with general issues relating to the mammalian toxicity of insecticides, including target/non-target specificity, nomenclature and metabolism of insecticides. It then goes on to discuss specific types of insecticide including: organochlorines; anticholinesterases; pyrethrum and synthetic pyrethroids; nicotine and the neonicotinoids; insect growth regulators/ecdysone agonists/chitin synthesis inhibitors; insecticides of natural origin; biological insecticides; and insecticides used in veterinary medicine. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Insecticides -- Toxicology.
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Insecticides -- Toxicology. |
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Mammals -- Effect of insecticides on.
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Mammals. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Marrs, Timothy C.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mammalian toxicology of insecticides. Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012 9781849731911 (OCoLC)768072789 |
| ISBN |
9781849733007 (electronic book) |
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1849733007 (electronic book) |
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9781849731911 |
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1849731918 |
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