Abstract |
This study determined the effects of acute cypermethrin toxicity in the rat and its dose-response characteristics The intraperitoneal LD50 of cypermethrin from the study was 44.0 mg/kg body weight. The symptoms of toxicity were muscular weakness, swaying gait and respiratory distress; pallor and prostration occurred at higher doses and convulsions preceded death, apparently due to respiratory failure.
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Authors | Timothy T Iyaniwura, Christiana A Okonkwo |
Journal | Veterinary and human toxicology
(Vet Hum Toxicol)
Vol. 46
Issue 2
Pg. 91-2
(Apr 2004)
ISSN: 0145-6296 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15080214
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Animals
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Lethal Dose 50
- Male
- Pyrethrins
(administration & dosage, toxicity)
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
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