Toxicology
Bentazon is a drug in this class.
Bentazon is a polar, acidic herbicid.
Oral doses ofbentazone were rapidly and almost completely absorbed in rats. The compound was quite rapidly excreted mostly unchanged in the urine (approximately 91% within 24 hours), with only traces secreted into bile (0–2.9%) (JMPR,2012).
A study in rats showed that the rate and extent of absorption were similar after administration of the sodium salt and free acid forms of bentazone (JMPR,2012).
Bentazon causes allergy-like symptoms as it irritates the eyes, skin and respiratory tract (Toxnet)
Clinical Manifestation
Ingestion of large . . .
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