leptophos


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leptophos

(ˈlɛptəˌfɒs)
n
(Chemistry) a pesticide, C13H10BrCL5O2PS, associated with causing adverse health effects to people and animals exposed to it
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Leptophos, Dichlorvos, DDVP, Trichlorfon, Ronnel, Malathion, Temephos are moderately toxic O.P.
For example, OP-induced delayed neuropathy, first associated with tri-o-cresyl phosphate and then with the insecticide candidate mipafox and the insecticide leptophos, is now known to correlate with or result from inhibition of neuropathy target esterase (NTE) (Johnson and Glynn 2001), which has been identified as a lysophosphatidylcholine hydrolase (Quistad et al.