Aerospace Medicine Technical Reports

FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine
Civil Aerospace Medical Institute


Report No: DOT/FAA/AM-62/10

Title and Subtitle: Problems in aerial application: I. Some biochemical effects of lindane and dieldrin on vertebrates

Report Date: May 1962

Authors: Daugherty JW, Lacey DE, Korty P

Abstract: Chronic exposure to the chlorinated hydrocarbon, lindane, elicited alterations in several biochemical values of rat tissues. These included ribonucleic acid quantities, water content, and the cytochrome oxidase activity of heart sarcosomes. The chlorinated hydrocarbon, dieldrin, produced changes in the uptake of L-methionine by the particulate components of chick heart and liver cells. The specific alterations and the implications of these alterations are presented in the text.

Key Words: biochemical toxicology, crop dusting, civil aviation, insecticides

No. of Pages: 8

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