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Fenitrothion MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Fenitrothion
Tree Number(s)
D02.705.400.625.300
D02.705.539.345.300
D02.886.300.692.300
Unique ID
D005278
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005278
Annotation
for use to kill or control insects, use no qualifiers on the insecticide or the insect; appropriate qualifiers may be used when other aspects of the insecticide are discussed such as the effect on a physiologic process or behavioral aspect of the insect; for poisoning, coordinate with ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING
Scope Note
An organothiophosphate cholinesterase inhibitor that is used as an insecticide.
Entry Term(s)
Agria 1050
Folithion
Metathion
Methylnitrophos
Nitrophos
Sumithion
Sumithione
Pharm Action
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Insecticides
Registry Numbers
W8M4X3Y7ZY
0
Related Numbers
122-14-5
CAS Type 1 Name
Phosphorothioic acid, O,O-dimethyl O-(3-methyl-4-nitrophenyl) ester
Previous Indexing
Insecticides (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note
74
History Note
74(72)
Date Established
1974/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2016/06/28
Fenitrothion Preferred
Sumithion Narrower
Nitrophos Narrower
Methylnitrophos Narrower
Folithion Narrower
Agria 1050 Narrower
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