“…Figure 1). Different ratios of metabolic products in the rat may be a consequence of detoxification via P-O-vinyl bond fission (route b, Figure 1) by an Aor B-type esterase (Aldridge, 1953). B esterases are inhibited by organophosphates (Heath, 1961), the reaction being of the type, In this case, HX would be the enol form of 2,4,5trichlorophenacyl chloride which would be metabolized further to the observed products (Hutson et al, 1967).…”