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Interactions between Pesticides and Esterases in Humans

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The toxicity of many pesticides is dependent upon their interaction with various types of esterase. Indeed esterases have an important role in determining the selective toxicity of certain insecticides [1–3]. A particular case of this is the development of resistance to insecticides by insects. For example, strains of the aphid Myzus persicae which are resistant to organophosphorus insecticides (ops), have very high levels of a carboxylesterase, which can detoxify the active oxon forms of these compounds [4,5].

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Walker, C.H. (1994). Interactions between Pesticides and Esterases in Humans. In: Mackness, M.I., Clerc, M. (eds) Esterases, Lipases, and Phospholipases. NATO ASI Series, vol 266. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0993-0_10

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