Enzyme activity in the flesh fly Parasarcophaga dux Thomson influenced by dill compounds, myristicin and apiol.
The newly emerged adults of Parasarcophaga dux were treated topically with various doses of myristicin and apiol isolated from roots of dill plant, Anethum graveolus. The compounds toxicity and the dehydrogenase activities of the treated stage and its subsequent developmental stages were studied. The results indicated that apiol more toxic than myristicin. The spectrophotometric evaluation exhibited changes in dehydrogenase activities after treatments. Compounds increased the activities of both alpha-GPDH and MDH in first half of metamorphosis (immature stages). But, the level of ME activities of the various stages was obviously decreased.
Khalaf
Abdel-Fattah A
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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
D000081248:Allylbenzene Derivatives; D028524:Anethum graveolens / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D001593:Benzyl Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D004148:Dioxolanes / Q000633:toxicity*; D004149:Dioxoles / Q000633:toxicity*; D004175:Diptera / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D011748:Pyrogallol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000633:toxicity*; D018675:Toxicity Tests
D000081248:Allylbenzene Derivatives; D001593:Benzyl Compounds; D004148:Dioxolanes; D004149:Dioxoles; D011748:Pyrogallol; C005246:myristicin; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C446539:apiole