Abstract |
The report summarizes research results and progress in the following general areas concerned with chemistry, metabolism and mode of action of organophosphorus, carbamate, and organochlorine insecticides. Contents: Insecticide metabolism and mode of action, Insecticide selectivity, Structure-activity relationships, Biological and environmental-alteration of insecticides, Effect of impurities on the potentiation of organophosphorus insecticides, Delayed toxicity of trialkyl phosphorothioates, Delayed neurotoxicity of organophosphorus esters, Mode of action of phosphoramidothioate esters, Gas chromatography of insecticides, Neurophysiological studies on the mode of action of insecticides. |