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- Title
Toxicity of chiral pesticide Rac-metalaxyl and R-metalaxyl to Daphnia magna.
- Authors
Chen, Shengwen; Liu, Weiping
- Abstract
Chirality in pesticides has become a challenge because of enantiomers' different toxicities to non-target organisms. Acute and chronic toxicities of Rac-metalaxyl and R-metalaxyl to Daphnia magna were determined and compared. The 48-h LC50 for Rac- and R-metalaxyl to Daphnia magna were 51.5 and 41.9 mg/L. In a 14-day chronic test, the lowest-observed-effective concentration (LOEC) and no-observed-effective concentration (NOEC) of Rac-metalaxyl were 2 and 1 mg/L, respectively, whereas those of R-metalaxyl were 1 and 0.1 mg/L. Body length, days-to-first-brood and number of broods per female were significantly (p < 0.05) affected by R-metalaxyl at >1.0 mg/L, but affected by Rac-metalaxyl at >or=2.0 mg/L.
- Publication
Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, 2008, Vol 81, Issue 6, p531
- ISSN
1432-0800
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00128-008-9567-6