Buprofezin

Использование

Buprofezin is a insecticide which works as a chitin synthesis inhibitor. Buprofezin is used to control stubborn rice pests and is effective in controlling green leaf hoppers and white back plant hoppe rs for long durations.

Опасность

Moderately toxic by ingestion. Low toxic- ity by skin contact.

Сельскохозяйственное использование

Insecticide, Acaricide, Insect growth regulator: For insect control in food crops and greenhouse ornamentals.

Торговое название

APPLAUD®; NNI-750®

Фармаколо?гия

The foregoing indicates that the modes of action of buprofezin and benzoylureas could be similar or identical. However, one differing biochemical effect of buprofezin is inhibition of prostaglandin biosynthesis (33), a mechanism that has been suggested as responsible for its ovicidal activity. Subsequently, the in vitro and in vivo effects of buprofezin were found to be strongly antagonized by 20- hydroxyecdysone (34), which also affected prostaglandin biosynthesis. Thus, inhibition of both prostaglandin and chitin biosynthesis by buprofezin was prevented by 20- hydroxyecdysone, so that both effects of the insecticide are mediated via an effect on the hormone concentration or its receptor. Consequently, buprofezin seems to inhibit the drop in the 20-hydroxyecdysone titer that triggers epidermal cell proliferation, old cuticle digestion, and new cuticle deposition, but the detailed mechanism of this action has yet to be established.

Метаболический путь

Buprofezin gradually decomposes in soils under flooded and upland conditions, with half-lives of 104 and 80 days, respectively. After 150 days, five degradation products are identified as 2-tert- butylimino-5-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-isopropylperhydro- 1,3,5-thiadiazin-4-one, 3-isopropyl-5-phenylperhydro- 1,3,5-thiadiazin-2,4-dione, 1-tert-butyl-3-ispropyl-5- phenylbiuret, 1-isopropyl-3-phenylurea, and phenylurea. As minor products, 2-tert-butylimino-5- phenylperhydro-1,3,5-thiadiazin-4-one or buprofezin sulfoxide are found in the flooded or in the upland soils. Since neither formation of 14CO2 nor hydroxylation is observed in the sterile soils, buprofezin seems to have undergone complete mineralization in soils under both conditions through biological transformation by soil microorganisms.