Procymidone Explained

Procymidone is a pesticide. It is often used for killing unwanted ferns and nettles, and as a dicarboximide fungicide for killing fungi, for example as seed dressing, pre-harvest spray or post-harvest dip of lupins, grapes, stone fruit, strawberries.[1] It is a known endocrine disruptor (androgen receptor antagonist) which interferes with the sexual differentiation of male rats.[2] It is considered to be a poison.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicine Authority. Chemical Review Program/Procymidone. 9 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120126165201/http://www.apvma.gov.au/products/review/current/procymidone.php. 26 January 2012. dead.
  2. Ostby J, Kelce WR, Lambright C, Wolf CJ, Mann P, Gray LE . The fungicide procymidone alters sexual differentiation in the male rat by acting as an androgen-receptor antagonist in vivo and in vitro. Toxicol Ind Health. 1999. 15. 1–2. 80–93. 10188193. 10.1191/074823399678846718.
  3. Web site: Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicine Authority, Chemical Review Program. procymidone_poster.pdf. 9 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120227172545/http://www.apvma.gov.au/products/review/docs/procymidone_poster.pdf. 27 February 2012. dead.

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