Synthetic insecticide with a new order of activity

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 1974 United Kingdom English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 248, pages 710-711 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: Elliott, M.; Farnham, A. W.; Janes, N. F.; Needham, P. H.; Pulman, D. A.;

doi: 10.1038/248710a0

pmid: 4833277

Synthetic insecticide with a new order of activity

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Abstract

WE describe a new insecticide, related to the pyrethrins, and considerably more active than any other available compound, of whatever class (LD50 about 0.0003 µg per insect, equivalent to about 0.03 mg kg−1).

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United Kingdom

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Rothamsted Research
United Kingdom
The Hertz Corporation
United States

Keywords

Cyclopropanes, Insecticides, Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium, Vinyl Compounds, Phenyl Ethers, Coleoptera, Lethal Dose 50, Houseflies, Nitriles, Animals

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