Pesticides interfering with processes important to all organisms

Pesticides interfering with processes important to all organisms 

Energy production in mitochondria and the mechanisms behind cell division are very similar in all eukaryotic organisms. Furthermore, some inhibitors of enzymes have so little specificity that many different enzymes in a great variety of organisms may be targets. Many of the pesticides with such general modes of action have considerable historic interest. Not all of them are simple in structure, and many are used for purposes other than combating pests. 

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Chapter 3 Pesticides interfering with processes important to all organisms... 

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