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AMONG chemicals allied to the acaricide O,O′-diethyl-S-2-diethylaminoethyl phosphorothiolate, we examined the action of ethoxy ethylphosphinyl-thioethyl triethylammonium iodide (I) on the enzymes of the thoracic nerve cord of Locusta migratoria migratorioides R and F.
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HOPF, H., TAYLOR, R. Role of Cholinesterase in Insecticidal Action. Nature 182, 1381–1382 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821381a0
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