Metabolism of DDT in Musca Domestica

dc.contributor.author	Cundell, Anthony Mark
dc.date.accessioned	2009-04-14T22:02:55Z
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-10T22:42:07Z
dc.date.available	2009-04-14T22:02:55Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-10T22:42:07Z
dc.date.copyright	1967
dc.date.issued	1967
dc.identifier.uri	https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/21638
dc.description.abstract	Considerable progress has been made since 1950, demonstrating that enzymic detoxication of DDT is the primary mechanism responsible for DDT resistance in the housefly, Musca domestica. Kearns and his colleagues isolated the enzyme DDT dehydrochlorinase from resistant houseflies. They demonstrated a correlation between the levels of resistance to DDT in various strains of houseflies and the DDT - dehydrochlorinase activity in homogenates of those strains. The aim of this thesis, is to investigate the metabolism of DDT in vivo, using four moderately resistant strains and a susceptible strain of houseflies, ascess their suitability as a source of the enzyme DDT - dehydrochlorinase and use the gas-liquid chromatographic assay for inhibition studies on the enzyme.	en_NZ
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dc.publisher	Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington	en_NZ
dc.title	Metabolism of DDT in Musca Domestica	en_NZ
dc.type	Text	en_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuw	Awarded Research Masters Thesis	en_NZ
thesis.degree.grantor	Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington	en_NZ
thesis.degree.level	Masters	en_NZ

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