The term synergism as applied to a type of action of mixtures of poisons has been diversely interpreted in the literature. Macht (1929) used the term to describe the effects of mixtures of poisons which did not represent a summation of the independent effects of the chemicals used. He included both potentiation and antagonism. lmnan (1929) introduced the term activator to describe any material of low toxicity which increased the effectiveness of an insecticide. Haller et al. (1942) used the terms synergist and activator synonymously to describe the action of sesamin in increasing the effectiveness of pyrethrum sprays.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.109972 |
| Date | January 1955 |
| Creators | Hagley, Elmer. A. |
| Contributors | Morrison, F. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Biology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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