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SUBMITTER: Prasain K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3288159 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Prasain Keshar K Nguyen Thi D T TD Gorman Maureen J MJ Barrigan Lydia M LM Peng Zeyu Z Kanost Michael R MR Syed Lateef U LU Li Jun J Zhu Kun Yan KY Hua Duy H DH
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 20120121 5
Laccases are copper-containing oxidases that are involved in sclerotization of the cuticle of mosquitoes and other insects. Oxidation of exogenous compounds by insect laccases may have the potential to produce reactive species toxic to insects. We investigated two classes of substituted phenolic compounds, halogenated di- and trihydroxybenzenes and substituted di-tert-butylphenols, on redox potential, oxidation by laccase and effects on mosquito larval growth. An inverse correlation between the ...[more]