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In vitro andin vivo effect of organophosphate pesticides on monoamine oxidase activity in rat brain

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The effects of some organophosphate pesticides, e.g. lebaycid, metacid and metasystox on the monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity in rat brain mitochondria have been studied. These pesticides cause significant inhibition of MAO activityin vitro but have negligible effects on its activityin vivo.

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  1. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, 700 032, Calcutta, India

    Maitreyi Nag & Namita Nandi

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Nag, M., Nandi, N. In vitro andin vivo effect of organophosphate pesticides on monoamine oxidase activity in rat brain. Biosci Rep 7, 801–803 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01116753

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