Metaflumizone

  • Metaflumizone is a semicarbazone insecticide which blocks the sodium channel and inhibits nerve impulses leading to paralysis in susceptible insects
  • Following oral administration to rats, absorption into the bloodstream is fairly low. Most of the administered dose is excreted through feces.
  • Metaflumizone is characterized by very low acute toxicity, is not irritating to the eye or the skin and does not possess a potential to induce skin sensitization.
  • Metaflumizone has been associated with high methaemoglobin level of 27.8% leading to reduced consciousness. It is not surprising that metaflumizone shares a similar . . .

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