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Intoxication of male rats with 5 mg/kg parathion reduces survival to 15%. Diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC), known to inhibit mixed-function oxidase activity, has no effect on survival rate when this compound is used in a dosage of 300 mg/kg 45 min before or 10 min after parathion intoxication. However, when DDC and parathion are administered simultaneously, the rate of survival rises to 53%.
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Homann, J., Schneider, S. & Matthes, KJ. Parathion-provoked lethality in rats is reduced by diethyldithiocarbamate. Arch Toxicol 57, 144–145 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00343127
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00343127