carbamate

chemical compound

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insecticides and toxicity

  • insecticide application
    In insecticide: Carbamates

    The carbamates are a group of insecticides that includes such compounds as carbamyl, methomyl, and carbofuran. They are rapidly detoxified and eliminated from animal tissues. Their toxicity is thought to arise from a mechanism somewhat similar to that for the organophosphates.

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  • blue-ringed octopus
    In poison: Insecticides

    …classes of insecticides are organophosphates, carbamates, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and insecticides derived from plants (botanical). Organophosphate and carbamate insecticides act by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase, the enzyme that degrades acetylcholine (the messenger of the parasympathetic nervous system). As a result, acetylcholine levels remain high, exaggerating the normal functions of the parasympathetic system (Table…

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transport of carbon dioxide