Abstract
Summary
Neurotoxic effects of tetrazolium salts may be due to interference with enzyme systems in nerve tissue. Six tetrazolium salts were found to inhibit pseudocholinesterase, with the ditetrazoliums generally exhibiting more marked inhibitory activity than the monotetrazoliums. This may be related to the greater number of tertiary amine groups in the ditetrazoliums.
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