Introduction

INTRODUCTION

Agrochemicals of toxicological importance include pesticides which can be classified as:

Insecticides

  • Organochlorines
    • Diphenyl aliphatic agents
    • Chlorinated cyclodienes
    • Arylhydrocarbons-
  • Organophosphates
    • Phosphate
    • Phosphonate
    • Phosphorothionate
    • Phosphorothiolate
    • Phosphorodithionate
    • Phosphoramidate
  • Carbamates
  • Pyrethrins and pyrethroids
    • Natural pyrethrins
    • Synthetic pyrethroids

Herbicides or weedicides

  • Dinitrocompounds
  • Phenoxyacetic acids
  • Bipyridium compounds
  • Triazenes
  • Chloraliphatic acids
  • Substituted ureas
  • Substituted dinitroanilines

Rodenticides

  • Inorganic agents
  • Dicumarol derivatives
  • Glycosides
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