CLOFENTEZINE
Toxicology • Clofentezine is an acaricide with low mammalian toxicity (Oral LD50 > 5000 mg/kg)(IPCS, 2005;AAKO, 2006). • Its mode of toxicity is not understood(IPCS, 2005). • At high doses …
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TRIAZOLINTHIONE FUNGICIDES
Toxicology • The mammalian pharmacokinetic studies showed that prothioconazole was rapidly and extensively (> 90%) absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, the tmax being 0.1–0.7hrs(FAO;D.B. McGregor DB and Soleck R, 2008;National …
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Toxicology • Carbamates include methomyl,pirimicarb carbofuran, aldicarb They are clinically similar to but chemically different from organophosphates. Carbamate insecticides, like the OP insecticides, inhibit AChE and elicit cholinergic hyperstimulation. However, …
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Toxicology • Just like triazine, triazinone inhibit aliphatic amino acid synthesis in plants, a non-existent pathway in mammalian species hence a generally low degree of mammalian toxicity of the technical …
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Toxicology • The trimethyl and triethyltin compounds are well absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and are the most toxic in this group (Kimbrough R D, 1976). • Some butyltin compounds …
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Toxicology • These herbicides are generally only slightly toxic to freshwater fish and invertebrates, and practically nontoxic to wildfowl and other mammals (Kegley et al, 2014) • Sulfonylureas inhibit the …
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Toxicology Members of this family include atrazine, hexazinone, metribuzin, prometon, prometryn and simazine. Amitrole, is a triazine herbicide thas is reportedly goitrogenic in a number of animal species. Amitrole reduces thyroid …
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Toxicology The commonly used herbicides are alachlor, acetochlor, butachlor, metolachlor, and propachlor. This class of herbicides is slightly hazardous, except butachlor, which is not likely to pose any hazard. Chloroacetanilides …
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