Structured Summary
Abstract
A highly toxic cholinesterase inhibitor that is used as an acaricide and as an insecticide.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- C10H14NO5PS
- Molecular Weight
- 291.26 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 56-38-2
- IUPAC Name
- diethoxy-(4-nitrophenoxy)-sulfanylidene-lambda5-phosphane
- InChIKey
- LCCNCVORNKJIRZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCOP(=S)(OCC)OC1=CC=C(C=C1)[N+](=O)[O-]
- MeSH Unique ID
- D010278
- Source
- PubChem CID 991
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Drug Class
Pharmacological Action
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Synonyms
6 entry terms
- Ethyl Parathion
- Phosphostigmine
- Parathion, Ethyl
- E-605
- Thiofos
- Thiophos
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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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References
- National Library of Medicine. Parathion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010278. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010278
- Parathion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parathion
- Parathion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q412556
- Parathion. In: PubChem Compound. CID 991. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/991