Volume : 2, Issue : 6, June - 2013
Imidacloprid Induced Toxicity and Oxidative Stress
S. Soujanya, Karan Rajendra Kharde
Abstract :
Indiscriminate usage of pesticides in agriculture is leading to contamination of environment and natural resources, and thereby producing an adverse impact on animal and human health. Imidacloprid is a neonicotinoid insecticide and classified under toxicity class II /III agents by United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA, 1994). It is an extensively used for crop protection in the world wide from the last decade due to its low soil persistence and high insecticidal activity at low application rate (Chao and Casida, 1997). Recently imidacloprid has raised concern because of its ability to cause egg shell thinning, reduced egg production and hatching time, which are considered as signs of possible endocrine disrupters (Matsuda et al., 2001). Experimental administration of imidacloprid through various routes in animals produces multiple organ toxicity and also induces oxidative stress
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S. Soujanya, Karan Rajendra Kharde / Imidacloprid Induced Toxicity and Oxidative Stress / Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol:2, Issue:6 June 2013