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fipronil [Supplementary Concept]
has low mammalian toxicity; structure given in first source
Date introduced: August 26, 1993
Insecticides
Pesticides designed to control insects that are harmful to man. The insects may be directly harmful, as those acting as disease vectors, or indirectly harmful, as destroyers of crops, food products, or textile fabrics.
Antiparasitic Agents
Drugs used to treat or prevent parasitic infections.
Year introduced: 1996
Pyrazoles
Azoles of two nitrogens at the 1,2 positions, next to each other, in contrast with IMIDAZOLES in which they are at the 1,3 positions.
Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring
Organic compounds that contain a ring structure made up of carbon and one or more additional elements such as nitrogen and oxygen.
Year introduced: 1998
Heterocyclic Compounds
Cyclic compounds that include atoms other than carbon in their ring structure.
Azoles
Five membered rings containing a NITROGEN atom.
Therapeutic Uses
Uses of chemicals which affect the course of conditions, diseases, syndromes or pathology to benefit the health of an individual.
Year introduced: 2004
Specialty Uses of Chemicals
Uses of chemicals in a research, industrial, or household setting. This does not include PHARMACOLOGIC ACTIONS.
Year introduced: 2004(1999)
Pharmacologic Actions
A broad category of chemical actions and uses that result in the prevention, treatment, cure or diagnosis of disease. Included here are drugs and chemicals that act by altering normal body functions, such as the REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL AGENTS and ANESTHETICS. Effects of chemicals on the environment are also included.
Chemical Actions and Uses
A group of pharmacologic activities, effects on living systems and the environment, and modes of employment of drugs and chemicals. They are broken into actions, which describe their effects, and uses, which describe how they are employed.
Year introduced: 1999
Agrochemicals
Chemicals used in agriculture. These include pesticides, fumigants, fertilizers, plant hormones, steroids, antibiotics, mycotoxins, etc.
Year introduced: 1992
Pesticides
Chemicals used to destroy pests of any sort. The concept includes fungicides (FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL); INSECTICIDES; RODENTICIDES; etc.
Toxic Actions
A broad category of chemical actions with harmful or deadly effect on living organisms.
Year introduced: 2004(1998)
Anti-Infective Agents
Substances that prevent infectious agents or organisms from spreading or kill infectious agents in order to prevent the spread of infection.