Toxicology
• Exposure route is by inhalation of its aerosol, through the skin and by ingestion (National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2015)
• Oral exposure to rats showed low toxicity affecting nervous system, caused weak met- & sulf-hemoglobinemia, & decreased blood thiol groups (National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2015)
• Pendimethalin is largely unabsorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, and excreted unchanged in the feces. The absorbed part is rapidly metabolized in the kidneys and liver and excreted via urine (Kumar and Verma, 2012)
Clinical Manifestation
• Headache and drowsiness(National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2015;Kumar and Verma,2012)
• Confusion and delirium (Kumar . . .
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