Permethrin

- Overview
  - Permethrin is a widely-used pyrethroid insecticide. It is used in agriculture to protect livestock and crops, industrially to protect buildings, timber and aircraft, and pharmaceutically in the treatment of lice, scabies, and in the veterinary treatment of fleas and ticks. Permethrin is a neurotoxin that affects insects much more than mammals.
    
    Permethrin is soluble in water and organic solvents.
    
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    Background
    
    Permethrin modifies the function of the nervous system by affecting the sodium channels in the cellular membrane.
- Properties
  - CAS Number
    
    52645-53-1
    
    Molecular Formula
    
    C21H20Cl2O3
    
    Molecular Weight
    
    391.29
    
    Storage
    
    ≤30°C
    
    * For research use only