H. Masuh et al., GLUTATHIONE DEPLETION AND INSECTICIDE SYNERGISM IN TRIATOMA-INFESTANSPRODUCED BY THE BUTYL ESTER OF BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE, Pesticide science, 47(2), 1996, pp. 181-184
The butyl ester of buthionine sulfoximine (BBSO) applied topically to
the nymph V stage of Triatoma infestans (Klug) caused glutathione depl
etion which was maintained for four days after treatment. Topical pre-
treatment of nymph V with BBSO significantly synergised the toxicity o
f DDT and fenitrothion to T. infestans.