Effect of organophosphate pesticide Sumithion (Fenitrothion) on some aspects of carbohydrate metabolism in a freshwater fish, Sarotherodon (Tilapia) mossambicus (Peters).
A lethal (Lc50/48 h - 6 mg/l) concentration of the organophosphate (OP) pesticide Sumithion increased blood glucose levels and phosphorylase activity, but hepatic glycogen registered a fall which indicated that the observed hyperglycemia was due to breakdown of hepatic glycogen.
D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D005278:Fenitrothion / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects; D008112:Liver Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009928:Organ Specificity; D006005:Phosphorylases / Q000378:metabolism
D001786:Blood Glucose; D008112:Liver Glycogen; D006003:Glycogen; D006005:Phosphorylases; D005278:Fenitrothion