title: Inhibition of monoamine oxidase-A of rat brain by pyrethroids--an in vitro kinetic study.
abstract: An in vitro kinetic study on inhibition of the monoamine oxidase-A (MAO-A) of the rat brain by two pyrethroids, namely permethrin (PM) and cypermethrin (CPM), has shown that PM and CPM competitively inhibit MAO-A by altering both the Michaelis-Menten constant (Km) and the maximum velocity (Vmax). Inhibitor constant values (Ki) indicated that CPM was a more effective inhibitor of MAO-A than PM. Both PM and CPM caused maximum inhibition of MAO-A at neutral pH. CPM significantly elevated the activation energy values of MAO-A as compared to those of PM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India.
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D026023:Permethrin; D011722:Pyrethrins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; D011722:Pyrethrins; C017160:cypermethrin; D026023:Permethrin