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. 2020 Oct 10;94(12):4055–4065. doi: 10.1007/s00204-020-02927-8

Table 2.

Comparison of inhibition constants (IC50s) from this study and IC50s reported in literature

Electric eel Human
Chemical IC50 Value References Source IC50 Value Reference In vivo concentration Reference
CPO 0.03 This study Blood 0.27 This study ≤ 0.06 Eyer et al. (2009)
0.03 Čolović et al. (2011) Recombinant enzyme 0.35 Sipes et al. (2013) ≤ 0.02 Heilmair et al. (2008)
0.01 Jett et al. (1999) Recombinant enzyme 0.014 Li et al. (2019)
0.01 Meijer et al. (2014)
PMO 0.07 This study Blood 1.8 This study
DZO 1.03 This study Blood 2.5 This study
0.05 Čolović et al. (2011) Recombinant enzyme 1.3 Li et al. (2019)
PI 61 This study Blood 20 This study ≤ 300 Hoffmann et al. (2008)
RI 53 This study Blood 9.9 This study ≤ 0.34 Lefèvre et al. (2016)
11 Uysal et al. (2018) Neocortex 9.1 (Jackisch et al. 2009) ~ 0.1 Hossain et al. (2002)
11 Tehrani et al. (2019)
56 (Kratky et al. 2018)
501 (Imramovsky et al. 2012)
CPF > 0.35 This study Blood > 10 This study ≤ 10 Buratti et al. (2003)
4.5 Čolović et al. (2011) Blood 0.12 Das et al. (2006) ≤ 5 Huen et al. (2012)
0.03 (Assis et al. 2012) Red blood cells 200 (Ajilore et al. 2018)  ≤ 5 Eyer et al. (2009)
PM > 1.4 This study Blood > 30 This study ≤ 50 Santori et al. (2020)
Recombinant enzyme Inactive (Li et al. 2019)
DZN > 8.5 This study Blood > 10 This study ≤ 10 Buratti et al. (2003)
> 200 Čolović et al. (2011) Recombinant enzyme 38 Li et al. (2019)
0.3 Assis et al. (2012)

IC50s for both electric eel and human (average of all donors) are depicted for all compounds tested in this study: chlorpyrifos-oxon (CPO), phosmet-oxon (PMO), diazinon-oxon (DZO), pirimicarb (PI), rivastigmine (RI), chlorpyrifos (CPF), phosmet (PM), diazinon (DZN). For human values, the source of the enzyme is depicted. The values derived in the current study are indicated in italic and all concentrations are in µM. In vivo concentrations depict concentrations as measured or estimated in plasma following human exposure