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The effects of acute oral treatment with Zineb on hepatic microsomal xenobiotic metabolizing systems were studied in rats and mice. Administration of Zineb at doses from 200 to 600 mg/kg caused a significant impairment of aminopyrine-N-demethylase in the two species, as well as an inhibition of aniline hydroxylase in rats and a slight increase of this enzymatic activity in mice. The effects were absent at 2 h, reached maximum at 24 h and disappeared within 48 h after treatment. The cytochrome P-450 levels were not modified. The inhibitory and stimulatory effects of Zineb were discussed in relation to its metabolites such as ethylenethiourea and ethylenebisdithiocynato sulfide in these animal species.
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Michalek, H., Meneguz, A. (1986). Effects of Zineb on Hepatic Microsomal Systems in Rats and Mice. In: Chambers, C.M., Chambers, P.L., Tuomisto, J. (eds) Toxic Interfaces of Neurones, Smoke and Genes. Archives of Toxicology, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71248-7_64
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