Aclonifen

  • Aclonifen is a diphenyl ether herbicide that is widely used for sunflower, potato, corn, and wheat crops.
  • The herbicidal mode of action in a target plant involves inhibition of carotenoid synthesis.
  • Aclonifen was of low acute oral, dermal, and inhalation toxicity. It has the potential to be a skin sensitizer.
  • Administration of sublethal doses of aclonifen to juvenile fish resulted in hyperglycemia, decreased cholesterol, and elevated activities of transaminases ALT and AST. It also had a weak anticholinesterase activity (Horani & Dogan, 2025).
  • In addition, aclonifen demonstrated pro-oxidant potential . . .

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