an insecticide used to control a variety of insects
endosulfan in American English
(ˌendouˈsʌlfæn)
noun
Chemistry
a chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide and miticide, C9H6Cl6O3S, in widespread use on food and forage crops
Word origin
[1960–65; end(rin) + -o- + sulf- + -an, for -ane]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, buyback, disco, parvovirus, pop art-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer)
Examples of 'endosulfan' in a sentence
endosulfan
The highest levels of endosulfan were found in the stomach contents.
Nebile Daglioglu, Pinar Efeoglu, Mete K. Gulmen, Necmi Cekin 2013, 'Distribution of Postmortem Tissue in Acute Endosulfan Poisoining: Case Report', Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisihttp://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=29947. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The translocation of residual endosulfan (total) in soil to ginseng with time was identified.
Jiyoon Kim, Manoharan Saravanan, Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya, Jang Hyun Hur 2018, 'Translocation of Endosulfan from Soil to Ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer)', Agriculturehttp://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/8/4/52. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These pesticides included organophosphorus pesticides, carbamates, pyrethroids, dithiocarbamates,and other pesticides such as endosulfan.
Wilbert Bunini Manyilizu, Robinson Hammerton Mdegela, Rudovick Kazwala, Hezron Nonga,Mette Muller, Elisabeth Lie, Eystein Skjerve, Jan Ludvig Lyche 2016, 'Association of Long-Term Pesticide Exposure and Biologic Parameters in Female FarmWorkers in Tanzania: A Cross Sectional Study', Toxicshttp://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/4/4/25. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Endosulfan sulfate was rapidly degraded under lower soil humidity, higher temperature and deeper soil layers.
Flávia de Amorim Silva, Carolina Lourencetti, Eliana Freire Gaspar de Carvalho Dores 2010, 'Influência da temperatura, umidade e profundidade do solo na persistência do diurome sulfato de endossulfam em um solo tropical Influence of temperature, soil humidityand soil depth on the persistence of diuron and endosulfan sulfate in a tropical soil',Química Novahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422010000700007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In contaminated food tests, endosulfan was slightly harmful.
Fabrícia Zimermann Vilela Torres, Geraldo Andrade Carvalho, Jander Rodrigues de Souza,Luiz Carlos Dias Rocha 2007, 'Avaliação da toxicidade de inseticidas utilizados em roseira para adultos de Oriusinsidiosus (Say) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) = Toxicity evaluation of insecticides usedin rose crops to adults of Orius insidiosus (Say) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae)', Acta Scientiarum: Agronomyhttp://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAgron/article/view/276/187. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This study indicates that microorganisms are involved in the degradation of endosulfan.
B.S. Ismail, A.O.S. Enoma 2017, 'MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ENDOSULFAN IN AGRICULTURAL SOILS', ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Developmenthttp://www.ajstd.org/index.php/ajstd/article/view/161. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We report a case of endosulfan poisoning complicated by multi-organ dysfunction, cardiac arrest, and death.
Dilip Gude, Dharam Pal Bansal 2012, 'Revisiting endosulfan', Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Carehttp://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2012;volume=1;issue=1;spage=76;epage=78;aulast=Gude. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)