Effect of defoliant (butiphose) on morpho-physiological properties and enzyme systems of natural membranes
Mirakhmedov, A.K.; Ochilov, K.R.; Sagatova, G.A.; Khan, M.Z.; Khole, V.
Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 27(3): 245-247
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5189 PMID: 2606532 Document Number: 340981
Butiphose (Tributyltritiophosphate, (C4H9S)3PO) a commonly used defoliant in cotton growing regions of USSR, caused extensive alterations in morphological features of erythrocyte and nuclear membranes and affected the permeability properties of rat liver mitochondrial membrane. It disrupted Ca2+ transport system and other energy dependent processes in mitochondria. A reduction in the activity of cytochrome-c-oxidase and NAD.H-oxidase was also observed.