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Nicotinoid Insecticides and the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

  • The first book on nicotinoids

  • Provides concise and comprehensive information on its chemistry, mode of action, metabolism, application in agriculture, and basic knowledge on the target site

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages ii-viii
  2. Nicotine to Nicotinoids

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Nicotine to Nicotinoids: 1962 to 1997

      • Izuru Yamamoto
      Pages 3-27
    3. Nicotine and Other Insecticidal Alkaloids

      • István Ujváry
      Pages 29-69
    4. Discovery of the Nitromethylene Heterocycle Insecticides

      • Willy D. Kollmeyer, Roger F. Flattum, James P. Foster, James E. Powell, Mark E. Schroeder, S. Barney Soloway
      Pages 71-89
    5. Discovery of Chloronicotinyl Insecticides

      • Shinzo Kagabu
      Pages 91-106
  3. Synthetic Nicotinoid Insecticides

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
    2. Chloronicotinyl Insecticides: A Success of the New Chemistry

      • Detlef Wollweber, Klaus Tietjen
      Pages 109-125
    3. A Novel Insecticide, Acetamiprid

      • Tomio Yamada, Hidemitsu Takahashi, Renpei Hatano
      Pages 149-176
    4. CGA 293’343: A Novel, Broad-Spectrum Neonicotinoid Insecticide

      • P. Maienfisch, F. Brandl, W. Kobel, A. Rindlisbacher, R. Senn
      Pages 177-209
  4. Nicotinoid Insecticide Toxicology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
    2. Imidacloprid: Toxicology and Metabolism

      • J. Thyssen, L. Machemer
      Pages 213-222
    3. The Action of Nicotine in the Mammalian Brain

      • Satoshi Fujii, Elisabeth C. Walcott, Katumi Sumikawa
      Pages 223-236
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 293-300

Editors and Affiliations

  • Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya-ku, Japan

    Izuru Yamamoto

  • University of California, Berkeley, USA

    John E. Casida

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nicotinoid Insecticides and the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

  • Editors: Izuru Yamamoto, John E. Casida

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-67933-2

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-70213-9Published: 01 July 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-68011-6Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-67933-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 300

  • Topics: Agriculture, Forestry

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