- Chlorfluazuron is an insect growth regulator (IGR) that belongs to the benzoylphenyl urea for controlling the major insect pests.
- Benzoylureas act as an anti-molting agent by inhibiting the biosynthesis of chitin, an important constituent in insect cuticle.
- They have low toxicity in mammals because mammals have no chitin.
- Chlorfluazuron is usually mixed with solvent naphtha. It can impart its own toxic effects when ingested with chlorfluazuron. Naphtha can cross into the CNS to cause CNS depression, among other effects. Components of solvent naphtha, particularly trimethylbenzenes, have a strong irritant action on . . .
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