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Also 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.

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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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