Table 1

Dearylation and desulfuration activities toward chlorpyrifos in HLM, RLM, or MLM

DesulfurationDearylation
KmappVmaxappVmaxapp/KmappKmappVmaxappVmaxapp/Kmapp
μM nmol/mg protein/min μM nmol/mg protein/min
HLM30.2  ± 1.70.4  ± 0.10.0114.2  ± 2.20.7  ± 0.10.05
RLM6.1  ± 1.1** 1.0  ± 0.2* 0.174.8  ± 1.8* 2.1  ± 0.4** 0.43
MLM24.4  ± 2.40.7  ± 0.10.0314.9  ± 3.02.7  ± 0.1** 0.18

Activities are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. (n = 3 determinations), means in RLM (pooled from three male rats) and MLM (pooled from three male mice) significantly different than HLM (pooled from 10 donors) are indicated by *p < 0.05 or **p < 0.01.