mipafoxn.
/ˈmɪpəfɒks/, U.S. /ˈmɪpəˌfɑks/ Chemistry.
An organophosphorus compound used as an insecticide and acaricide; N,N′-diisopropyl phosphorodiamidofluoridate, [(CH3)2CHNH]2POF.
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1953 Recommended Common Names for Pesticides (B.S.I.) II. 5 Mipafox: fluorobisisopropylamino~phosphine oxide.
1956 Nature 28 Jan. 186/1 It has recently been found that 8 × 10−7M mipafox..completely inhibits the non-specific serum cholinesterase.
1971 Brit. Jrnl. Pharmacol. 41 21 The ileum was then incubated with mipafox (10 μg/ml) for 75 min.
1997 Human & Exper. Toxicol. 16 67 Multiple low doses of the direct acting organophosphates, ecothiopate, paraoxon and mipafox produced persistent and additive inhibition of diaphragm acetylcholinesterase.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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