The metabolism of diene-organochlorine (cyclodiene) insecticides

摘要: Following the emergence of insect resistance to cyclodiene insecticides, and on account residue problems leading questions concerning their effects man, wildlife, environment, fate these compounds in living organisms has come under increasingly close scrutiny. As a result this concern much effort been directed toward investigations dynamics behaviour environment metabolic fate, especially since about 1960. Until then it was generally assumed that apart from already well known epoxidation reactions chemicals such as aldrin,1 were rather inert biologically.