Active ingredientMalathionCat. No. P-M003-001CAS 121-75-5Family · Pharmaceutical analytical standards
Malathion
An organophosphate insecticide that blocks the enzyme acetylcholinesterase in insects, first registered in the United States in 1956: it is used in agriculture, in mosquito and fruit fly control programmes and, at low concentrations, in lotions against head lice. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities and other impurities.
Did you know?Mammals and birds have more carboxylesterase than insects: they break malathion down before it can turn into malaoxon, its active form, which explains its low toxicity to them.
Go to the active ingredient →Active ingredientMalathionCat. No. P-M003-001CAS 121-75-5
Pharmacopoeial impurityMalaoxonCat. No. P-M003-002CAS 1634-78-2
ImpurityIsomalathionCat. No. P-M003-003CAS 3344-12-5No product matches your search.
EDQM standards 3
The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.
Reference substanceMalathion CRSEDQM code M0120000Family MalathionImpurityMalathion impurity A CRSEDQM code M0120005Family MalathionImpurityMalathion impurity B CRSEDQM code M0120010Family MalathionNeed a molecule you cannot find?
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