The influence of glutathione on the resistance to lindane of the migratory locust Locusta migratoria cinerascens.

Injection of glutathione into locusts reduces their mortality to lindane. HPLC with electrochemical detection allowed measurement of glutathione in locust. It was, in mu moles X g-1, 1.73 male 2.01 female fat body, 1.20 in muscle and in haemolymph 0.13 mu moles X ml-1. The role of glutathione in determining the greater sensitivity of gregarious vs solitary locusts to lindane is discussed.