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PARATHION vs
MALATHION
Structure
and Function.
Synthetic chemists and
computational chemists work together to design more effective and less toxic OPs.
Synthetic chemists and
computational chemists work together to design more effective and less toxic OPs.
hydrolysis
sites
• Malathion (Maldison ) is
hydrolysed by enzymes
in mammals but not insects. This means that
it has comparable effect to parathion but
with a LD50 11000.
in mammals but not insects. This means that
it has comparable effect to parathion but
with a LD50 11000.
t½
100d soil
fish
kills
Chlorpyrifos
Malathion
Parathion
GCMS chlorpyrifos, malathion
