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... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Terpenes > Monoterpenes > Cyclopentane Monoterpenes > Pyrethrins
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Cycloparaffins > Cyclopentanes > Cyclopentane Monoterpenes > Pyrethrins
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Hydrocarbons, Alicyclic > Cycloparaffins > Cyclopentanes > Cyclopentane Monoterpenes > Pyrethrins

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Pyrethrins  

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  • Pyrethrin

Note

  • for use as an insecticide, see note at INSECTICIDES

Scope note

  • The active insecticidal constituent of CHRYSANTHEMUM CINERARIIFOLIUM flowers. Pyrethrin I is the pyretholone ester of chrysanthemummonocarboxylic acid and pyrethrin II is the pyretholone ester of chrysanthemumdicarboxylic acid monomethyl ester.

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