title: Acute toxicity of furazolidone on Artemia salina, Daphnia magna, and Culex pipiens molestus larvae.
abstract: As a result of evidence of the ecotoxicity of nitrofurans, the acute toxicity of furazolidone was tested in vivo on two aquatic organisms, Artemia salina and Daphnia magna, which are both crustaceans. Toxicity studies were also performed on larvae of Culex pipiens molestus. Results indicated a significant toxicity of the compound on Culex pipiens and Daphnia magna, while Artemia salina proved to be the least sensitive.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Tossicologia Comparata ed Ecotossicologia, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macrì
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Stazi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dojmi di Delupis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001156:Artemia / Q000187:drug effects*; D003465:Culex / Q000187:drug effects*; D003621:Daphnia / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005664:Furazolidone / Q000633:toxicity*; D007814:Larva; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D005664:Furazolidone