Acephate (AP), an organophosphorus (OP) insecticide, is considered as one of the safest OP insecticides because of its low mammalian toxicity. AP is rapidly and extensively metabolized to a more potent OP insecticide methamidophos (MP), which has a lower LD50 in mice and rats, thus a higher toxicity than AP (Spassova et al., 2000; Tanaka et al., 2005). Earlier reports issued by the Food and Agr...