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Stereochemistry MIXED
Molecular Formula C19H25NO4
Molecular Weight 331.4061
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of TETRAMETHRIN

SMILES

CC(C)=CC1C(C(=O)OCN2C(=O)C3=C(CCCC3)C2=O)C1(C)C

InChI

InChIKey=CXBMCYHAMVGWJQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C19H25NO4/c1-11(2)9-14-15(19(14,3)4)18(23)24-10-20-16(21)12-7-5-6-8-13(12)17(20)22/h9,14-15H,5-8,10H2,1-4H3

HIDE SMILES / InChI
Tetramethrin is a synthetic pyrethroid based on the natural counterpart found in chrysanthemum flowers but more stable and longer lasting. Amongst one of the most widely used insecticides, Tetramethrin is a fast acting neurotoxin used against most flying and crawling insects. It is often used in combination with other active ingredients to create a multi-action pesticide. Tetramethrin was found to inhibit various ABC and SLC drug transporters, including multidrug resistance-associated protein(MRP) 2, breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), organic anion transporter polypeptide (OATP) 1B1, organic anion transporter (OAT) 3, multidrug and toxin extrusion transporter (MATE) 1, organic cation transporter (OCT) 1 and OCT2.

Originator

Curator's Comment: Tetramethrin was first synthesized in 1964 by Kato et al.

Approval Year

PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Glucocorticoid-like activity of propylparaben, butylparaben, diethylhexyl phthalate and tetramethrin mixtures studied in the MDA-kb2 cell line.
2015-01-22
Molecular docking revealed potential disruptors of glucocorticoid receptor-dependent reporter gene expression.
2014-04-21
Environmental impact on vascular development predicted by high-throughput screening.
2011-11
Antiplasmodial and antitrypanosomal activity of pyrethrins and pyrethroids.
2011-09-14
Simultaneous determination of 16 pyrethroid residues in tea samples using gas chromatography and ion trap mass spectrometry.
2010-10
Assessing hormone receptor activities of pyrethroid insecticides and their metabolites in reporter gene assays.
2010-07
Malignant mammary tumor in female dogs: environmental contaminants.
2010-06-30
Triatoma infestans bugs in Southern Patagonia, Argentina.
2010-05
A rapid and sensitive analytical method for the determination of 14 pyrethroids in water samples.
2010-04-09
Repeated-dose 14-day dermal toxicity of different combinations of some synthetic pyrethroid insecticides, piperonyl butoxide, and tetramethrin in rats.
2010-03
Simultaneous determination of nine pyrethroids in indoor insecticide products by capillary gas chromatography.
2010-02-05
Consumer exposure to biocides--identification of relevant sources and evaluation of possible health effects.
2010-02-03
Acute toxicity to zebrafish of two organophosphates and four pyrethroids and their binary mixtures.
2010-01
Parkinson's disease: is it a toxic syndrome?
2010
Level of CYP4G19 Expression Is Associated with Pyrethroid Resistance in Blattella germanica.
2010
Irritability and repellency of synthetic pyrethroids on an Aedes aegypti population from Thailand.
2009-12
Evidence for dose-additive effects of pyrethroids on motor activity in rats.
2009-10
Use of biocidal products (insect sprays and electro-vaporizer) in indoor areas--exposure scenarios and exposure modeling.
2009-09
Simultaneous determination of 18 pyrethroids in indoor air by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
2009-06-26
Pyrethroid insecticides: isoform-dependent hydrolysis, induction of cytochrome P450 3A4 and evidence on the involvement of the pregnane X receptor.
2009-05-15
Household exposure to pesticides and bladder exstrophy in a newborn baby boy: a case report and review of the literature.
2009-03-30
Behavioral-based educational intervention directed toward Egyptian agricultural families to protect children from pesticide exposure.
2009-01-10
Dynamics of esterase alleles in Culex pipiens complex mosquitoes in Beijing.
2008-12
Transcriptional response of rat frontal cortex following acute in vivo exposure to the pyrethroid insecticides permethrin and deltamethrin.
2008-11-18
Direct chiral resolution and its application to the determination of the pesticide tetramethrin in soil by high-performance liquid chromatography using polysaccharide-type chiral stationary phase.
2008-10
Anopheles gambiae complex along The Gambia river, with particular reference to the molecular forms of An. gambiae s.s.
2008-09-22
Developmentally-regulated sodium channel subunits are differentially sensitive to alpha-cyano containing pyrethroids.
2008-09-15
Dry season ecology of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes in The Gambia.
2008-08-18
Impact of urban agriculture on malaria vectors in Accra, Ghana.
2008-08-04
Acute toxicity of organophosphorus and pyrethroid insecticides to Bombyx mori.
2008-04
Orthogonal signal correction-partial least squares method for simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of cypermethrin and tetramethrin.
2008-04
Household vacuum cleaners vs. the high-volume surface sampler for collection of carpet dust samples in epidemiologic studies of children.
2008-02-21
Pyrethroids as promising marine antifoulants: laboratory and field studies.
2008-01-05
Effects of insecticides on the fluidity of mitochondrial membranes of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, resistant and susceptible to avermectin.
2008
Monitoring lymphatic filariasis interventions: Adult mosquito sampling, and improved PCR - based pool screening method for Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Anopheles mosquitoes.
2007-11-29
Differential response of Mono Mac 6, BEAS-2B, and Jurkat cells to indoor dust.
2007-09
Differential pharmacology of the cardiac anionic background current I(AB).
2007-08-27
"Sexual" population structure and genetics of the malaria agent P. falciparum.
2007-07-18
Comparison of two partial least squares infrared spectrometric methods for the quality control of pediculosis lotions.
2007-01-16
Identification and quantitation of pyrethroid pesticide residues in vegetables by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization ion trap mass spectrometry.
2007
Comparison of prostate cancer cell lines for androgen receptor-mediated reporter gene assays.
2006-10
Reinfestation sources for Chagas disease vector, Triatoma infestans, Argentina.
2006-07
Biomarker of pyrethrum exposure.
2006-04-10
Toxicity of pyrethroids and repellency of diethyltoluamide in two deltamethrin-resistant colonies of Triatoma infestans Klug, 1834 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae).
2006-02
Comparison of different mass spectrometric detection techniques in the gas chromatographic analysis of pyrethroid insecticide residues in soil after microwave-assisted extraction.
2006-02
Distribution of pesticide residues within homes in central New York State.
2006-01
Assessment of estrogenic and androgenic activities of tetramethrin in vitro and in vivo assays.
2005-12-10
[Calcium influx: an intracellular message of the mitogenic action of insulin-like growth factors].
1989-03
Calcium influx: an intracellular message of the mitogenic action of insulin-like growth factor-I.
1988-11-15
Insulin-like growth factor II stimulates calcium influx in competent BALB/c 3T3 cells primed with epidermal growth factor. Characteristics of calcium influx and involvement of GTP-binding protein.
1987-09-05
Patents

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide
Curator's Comment: Tetramethrin is practically non-toxic to birds and mammals. The LD50 in rats exceeded the testing limit of 5000 mg/kg for tests in both ingestion and dermal absorption (#EPA). In a WHO study, Male Wistar rats here given a dose of 500 mg/kg, of which 95% was metabolized and excreted within five days, indicating that tetramethrin is absorbed and secreted relatively quickly. http://www.toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Tetramethrin
Rats: In the uterotrophic assay using 18-d-old female Sprague-Dawley rats, subcutaneous treatment with tetramethrin (5 to 800 mg/kg/day) for 3 d led to a statistically significant decrease in absolute and relative uterine wet weights at all doses tested. Moreover, tetramethrin blocked the effect of E2 on uterine weights.
Route of Administration: Other
In Vitro Use Guide
In electrically-stimulated longitudinal muscle-myenteric plexus preparations of the guinea-pig ileum, tetramethrin (1-100 uM) caused a biphasic response consisting of an early transient increase followed by a sustained decrease in the amplitude of cholinergic contractions.
Name Type Language
TETRAMETHRIN
HSDB   INCI   INN   ISO   MART.   MI   WHO-DD  
INN   INCI  
Official Name English
1-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboximidomethyl 2,2-dimethyl-3-(2-methylpropenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate
Preferred Name English
TETRAMETHRIN [ISO]
Common Name English
TETRAMETHRIN [MI]
Common Name English
CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID, 2,2-DIMETHYL-3-(2-METHYL-1-PROPEN-1-YL)-, (1,3,4,5,6,7-HEXAHYDRO-1,3-DIOXO-2H-ISOINDOL-2-YL)METHYL ESTER
Common Name English
TETRAMETHRIN [HSDB]
Common Name English
TETRAMETHRIN [MART.]
Common Name English
2,2-DIMETHYL-3-(2-METHYLPROPENYL)CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID, ESTER WITH N-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-1-CYCLOHEXENE-1,2-DICARBOXIMIDE
Common Name English
tetramethrin [INN]
Common Name English
Tetramethrin [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
WHO-VATC QP53AC13
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EPA PESTICIDE CODE 69003
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NCI_THESAURUS C737
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WHO-ATC P03BA04
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Code System Code Type Description
MESH
C009424
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WIKIPEDIA
TETRAMETHRIN
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
231-711-6
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SMS_ID
100000082737
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DRUG BANK
DB13752
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MERCK INDEX
m10640
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CAS
7696-12-0
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ALANWOOD
tetramethrin
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DRUG CENTRAL
4730
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PUBCHEM
83975
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INN
5509
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL1788386
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID6032649
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NCI_THESAURUS
C80607
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HSDB
6738
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FDA UNII
Z72930Q46K
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EVMPD
SUB10944MIG
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