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Descriptor English: Fenitrothion
Descriptor Spanish: Fenitrotión
Descriptor Portuguese: Fenitrotion
Descriptor French: Fénitrothion
Entry term(s): Agria 1050
Folithion
Metathion
Methylnitrophos
Nitrophos
Sumithion
Sumithione
Tree number(s): D02.705.400.625.300
D02.705.539.345.300
D02.886.300.692.300
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005278
Scope note: An organothiophosphate cholinesterase inhibitor that is used as an insecticide.
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
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Insecticides
Registry Number: W8M4X3Y7ZY
CAS Type 1 Name: Phosphorothioic acid, O,O-dimethyl O-(3-methyl-4-nitrophenyl) ester
Previous Indexing: Insecticides (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74(72)
DeCS ID: 5386
Unique ID: D005278
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Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Fenitrothion - Preferred
Concept UI M0008331
Scope note An organothiophosphate cholinesterase inhibitor that is used as an insecticide.
Preferred term Fenitrothion
Entry term(s) Metathion
Folithion - Narrower
Concept UI M0352179
Preferred term Folithion
Nitrophos - Narrower
Concept UI M0352177
Preferred term Nitrophos
Sumithion - Narrower
Concept UI M0352176
Preferred term Sumithion
Entry term(s) Sumithione
Agria 1050 - Narrower
Concept UI M0352180
Preferred term Agria 1050
Methylnitrophos - Narrower
Concept UI M0352178
Preferred term Methylnitrophos



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