propoxur
Sign in to saveAlso known as Aprocarb, o-isopropoxyphenyl-n-methylcarbamate, n-methyl-2-isopropoxyphenyl-carbamate, 2-Isopropoxyphenyl N-methylcarbamate, 2-(1-methylethoxy)phenyl methylcarbamate, 2-Isopropoxyphenyl methylcarbamate, Baygon
Propoxur is a carbamate, non-systemic, synthetic insecticide, produced from catechol, and was introduced in 1959 by Bayer.
Research
917 papers- Propoxur: a novel mechanism for insecticidal action and toxicity.Reviews of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2012
- Propoxur (PPx) exposure as hormonal disruptor and spermatocidal in rat model.Morphologie : bulletin de l'Association des anatomistes · 2022
- Pulse-Exposure Toxicity of Ammonia and Propoxur to the Tropical Copepod Acartia sinjiensis.Environmental toxicology and chemistry · 2022
- Propoxur resistance associated with insensitivity of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in the housefly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae).Scientific reports · 2020
- Effects of Propoxur Exposure on Insecticidal Susceptibility and Developmental Traits in Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus.Insects · 2019
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Propoxur is a carbamate, non-systemic, synthetic insecticide, produced from catechol, and was introduced in 1959 by Bayer.
==Action== Carbamate insecticides kill insects by irreversibly inactivating the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, thus it is a Cholinesterase inhibitor.
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