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CELL BIOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 117-129Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10565-013-9240-7
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Antioxidant enzymes; Boric acid; Galleria mellonella; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress; Ultrastructure
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- Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey
- Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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Boric acid is widely used as an insecticide, acaricide, herbicide, and fungicide and also during various industrial processings. Hence, numerous populations are subjects to this toxic compound. Its action on animals is still not fully known and understood. We examined the effect of boric acid on larvae of greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella). The chemical appeared to be toxic for larvae, usually in a concentration-dependent manner. Exposed groups revealed increased lipid peroxidation and altered activity of catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione S-transferase, and glutathione peroxidase. We also observed changes of ultrastructure, which were in tune with biochemical assays. We suggest that boric acid has a broad mode of action, which may affect exposed larvae, and even if sublethal, they may lead to disturbances within exposed populations.
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