Dichlorvos intoxication and gastric secretion.

Gastric acid secretion, pepsin concentration in gastric juice and acetylcholinesterase and histidine decarboxylase activities in gastric mucosa of rats treated with dichlorvos (DDVP) were investigated. The increase of HCl secretion, the decrease of acetylcholinesterase activity and enhanced activity of histidine decarboxylase were observed. It is suggested that a higher gastric acid secretion is secondary to histamine production in gastric mucosa, induced by acetylcholine yields gastrin yields histidine decarboxylase mechanism.