Fenitrothion

Japanese: fenitrothion
Fenitrothion

...The name of an organophosphate insecticide developed by Sumitomo Chemical. Its common name is MEP, or fenitrothion. As is clear from the chemical structure shown below, it has a structure very similar to parathion, but its acute toxicity to mammals (oral administration to mice) LD50 is 1336mg/kg, which is significantly lower than that of parathion.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "fenitrothion" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…住友化学工業が開発した有機リン酸エステル系殺虫剤の商品名。一般名はMEP,フェニトロチオンfenitrothion。下に示した化学構造からも明らかなように,パラチオンにきわめて類似した構造を有しているが,哺乳類に対する急性毒性(マウス経口)LD50が1336mg/kgと,パラチオンに比べて著しく低いのが特徴である。…

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