ChlorpyrifosChlorpyrifos
MedChemExpress (MCE)
HY-B0815
2921-88-2
99.94%
4°C, sealed storage, away from moisture *In solvent : -80°C, 6 months
-20°C, 1 month (sealed storage, away from moisture)
Room temperature in continental US
may vary elsewhere.
Chlorpyrifos is a neurotoxic insecticide that belongs to the class of thionite esters. Chlorpyrifos is also a AChE inhibitor that affects neurological function in insects, humans and other animals. Chlorpyrifos interferes with cell replication and differentiation, ultimately altering synaptic transmission in neurons.
Chlorpyrifos mediates desulfuration to produce chlorpyrifos oxon (CPO), which has higher affinity toward the active site of serine-dependent ester hydrolases such as AChE[2]. Chlorpyrifos (3.9-250 μM
24-72 h) is toxic to oligodendrocyte progenitors[3]. Chlorpyrifos toxicity is associated with (7.5-480 μM
18 h) nuclear condensation and elevation of caspase 3/7 activity, (60 μM
2, 4 h) Heme oxygenase-1 mRNA expression in Central Glia (CG-4) cells, and (30, 60, 120 μM
24 h) enhances H2DCF-DA intensity[3].
Chlorpyrifos (97-276 mg/kg
p.o.
single dose) has moderately acute oral toxicity, with lethal dose, 50% (LD50) of 97-276 mg/kg in rats[2]. Chlorpyrifos (1 mg/kg and 5 mg/kg for 1 mL/kg
s.c.
once daily for 3 d) has adverse effect on learning and memory abilities of rats, and affects pregnant rats on gestational days 9-12, results offspring behavioral abnormalities[4].
AChE
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