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A pharmacological and behavioural study on beta, beta'-iminodipropionitrile (IDPN)-treated brine shrimp Artemia
Toxicology Letters
|September 1, 1980
Abstract:
The neurotoxic substance beta, beta-iminodipropionitrile (IDPN), which induces hyperkinesia in some mammals, was found to be neurotoxic to the brine shrimp Artemia salina L. (Crustacea, Anostraca) inducing discoordination of limb-movement and sedation of motility. Up to 9 metabolities of IDPN were detected in Artemia, including beta-alanine, cyanoacetic acid, and beta-aminopropionitrile (BAPN). Brine shrimp, especially nauplius (1 day), may be a useful test animal for the biological assay of IDPN.