malaoxon


malaoxon

An anticholinesterase organophosphate phosphorothioate used against insects (e.g., aphids, spiders, mites, houseflies). It is a breakdown product of malathion and even more toxic.
Clinical findings
Miosis, frontal headache, bronchial hypersecretion, nausea, vomiting, sweating, abdominal cramps, diarrhoea, lacrimation, drooling, bradycardia, cyanosis, and twitching of the eyelids, tongue, face and neck, progressing to convulsions, hypotension and respiratory failure.

malaoxon

Toxicology An anticholinesterase organophosphate used against insects–aphids, spiders, mites, houseflies, and other creepy crawlies. See Intermediate syndrome, Organophosphate pesticide.