Abstract
Fourteen compounds (paclobutrazol, triadimenol, BAS111..W, propiconazole, tetcyclacis, prochloraz, metyrapone, piperonyl butoxide, 1-aminobenzotriazole, fenpropimorph, propham, prohexadione, mepiquat chloride and chlormequat chloride), most of them established inhibitors of cytochrome P450-dependent mixed function oxygenases and used as pesticides, especially plant growth regulators or fungicides, were applied to the non-target organisms Chlorella fusca and Chlorella sorokiniana, two species of photoautotrophic unicellular green algae. The inhibitory properties of these compounds were evaluated by comparing concentration/response relationships for the integral parameters of cell volume growth and cell division with those for the P450-dependent O-dealkylase activity measured in vivo using 7-ethoxycoumarin and 7-ethoxyresorufin as xenobiotic model substrates for phase-I biotransformation. The results obtained indicate a strong algicidal activity for some of these compounds, with differential sensitivity of the order: cell division>O-dealkylation>cell volume increase. EC50 values for cell division of C. fusca ranged from 0·1 to 9·3 μmol litre−1 for prochloraz and paclobutrazol, respectively. Furthermore, in most cases, concentrations around 10 μmol litre−1 limited significantly the capacity for cytochrome P450 O-dealkylase activity.
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