Fluridone

Fixed

155 ° C

13 mPa

In water 12 mg · l-1 (20 ° C)

Risk

• > 250 mg · kg -1 ( LD50, cat, oral)
• > 500 mg · kg -1 ( LD50, dog, oral)
• > 500 mg · kg -1 ( LD50, Rabbit, transdermal)
• > 2 g · kg -1 ( LD50, quail, oral)
• > 10 g · kg -1 ( LD50, mouse, oral)
• > 10 g · kg -1 ( LD50, rat, oral)
• > 2130 mg · m 3 / h ( LD50, rat, inh. )

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Fluridone is an organic fluorine-containing compound from the class of nitrogen-containing heterocycles as herbicides ( Herbicide ) is used. It inhibits the phytohormone abscisic acid in plants that controls important functions.

Use

Fluridone is used as a herbicide for control of annual plants such as grasses and aquatic plants (water weeds ) in ponds and lakes.

Toxicology and medical side effects

Fluridone is highly toxic to mammals such as cats, dogs, rabbits, and birds such as quail, less toxic to rats and humans.

Researchers have discovered that abscisic acid also occurs in the causative agent of toxoplasmosis. This is dangerous for unborn children when their mothers become infected with the virus during pregnancy. Fluridone can hinder the development of Toxoplasmoseerregers Toxoplasma gondii, therefore, also. The pathogen is not killed, but transitions to an inactive permanent condition.