Synthetic Pyrethroid Insecticides and Development of Resistance to Them

Synthetic pyrethroid insecticides: a dermatological evaluation.

Synthetic pyrethroids are lipophilic insecticides whose biological activity seems to be directly related to their chemical structure. In this investigation differences in cutaneous sensation were detected by human participants between synthetic pyrethroids with a cyano group in the (S)-configuration of the 3-phenoxybenzyl alcohol of their molecular structure (fenvalerate) and those that do not ...

Evolution of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Musca domestica.

Houseflies, Musca domestica L., are a significant pest because of the numerous diseases they transmit. Control of housefly populations, particularly at animal production facilities, is frequently done using pyrethroid insecticides which kill insects by prolonging the open time of the voltage-sensitive sodium channel (VSSC). Houseflies have evolved resistance to pyrethroids owing to mutations in...

Pyrethrum flowers and pyrethroid insecticides.

The natural pyrethrins from the daisy-like flower, Tanacetum or Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium, are nonpersistent insecticides of low toxicity to mammals. Synthetic analogs or pyrethroids, evolved from the natural compounds by successive isosteric modifications, are more potent and stable and are the newest important class of crop protection chemicals. They retain many of the favorable propertie...

Sensitization risk of pyrethroid insecticides.

Susceptibility of Dysdercus spp.Boisdural (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae)to selected synthetic pyrethroid insecticides

Dysdercus species are important pests of cotton because of their staining effect on cotton lint. Chemical control, using the newer generation of insecticides known as the synthetic pyrethroids, is the most important method of control of these pests on cotton in Kenya at present. Susceptibility studies were conducted using three pyrethroids, namely Cypermethrin, Fenvalerate and permethrin agains...