2017
DOI: 10.20937/rica.2017.33.02.03
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CHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY IN Crassostrea sp. OF NAYARIT (NW MEXICO) COASTAL WATERS

Abstract: Cholinesterases (ChE) have been suggested as biomarkers of the presence of organophosphorus insecticides (OP). The activities of these enzymes were determined in abductor muscle, gills and labial palps of oysters collected during the rainy and the dry seasons at eight points of the coastal zone of Nayarit state (NW Mexico), aiming to determine if their variability is related to geographic and seasonal differences in the use of OP. At all stations, ChE mean activity was lower in the dry than in the rainy season… Show more

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