Structured Summary
Abstract
A wide spectrum aliphatic organophosphate insecticide widely used for both domestic and commercial agricultural purposes.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- C10H19O6PS2
- Molecular Weight
- 330.4 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 121-75-5
- IUPAC Name
- diethyl 2-dimethoxyphosphinothioylsulfanylbutanedioate
- InChIKey
- JXSJBGJIGXNWCI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCOC(=O)CC(C(=O)OCC)SP(=S)(OC)OC
- MeSH Unique ID
- D008294
- Source
- PubChem CID 4004
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Classification
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Drug Class
Pharmacological Action
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Synonyms
7 entry terms
- Carbafos
- Carbofos
- Carbophos
- Karbofos
- Cythion
- Prioderm
- Sadophos
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Aspects Covered
24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
for use to kill or control insects, use no qualifiers on the insecticide or the insect; appropriate qualifiers may be used when other aspects of the insecticide are discussed such as the effect on a physiologic process or behavioral aspect of the insect; for poisoning, coordinate with ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING
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History Note
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Previous Indexing
- Phosphates (1966-1971)
- Phosphoric Acids (1968-1971)
- Thiomalates (1966-1971)
MeSH Hierarchy
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Malathion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008294. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008294
- Malathion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malathion
- Malathion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q423005
- Malathion. In: PubChem Compound. CID 4004. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/4004