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Chemical Aspects of the Fight Against Insects
Author(s) -
Bergmann E. D.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.196300019
Subject(s) - chemistry , mode of action , sterol , detoxification (alternative medicine) , action (physics) , environmental chemistry , biochemical engineering , biochemistry , cholesterol , medicine , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , quantum mechanics , engineering
A survey is given of the existing knowledge on the mode of action of DDT and analogous compounds, especially the 1,1‐diaryl‐2,2,2‐trifluoroethane derivatives, as well as DDT synergists. The relative importance of DDT dehydrochlorinase for the detoxification of DDT is discussed. The nutritive requirements of the insects and their differences from those of higher animals are surveyed. Of particular interest are the sterol requirements of the insects, which are incapable of synthesizing these compounds, and the biological availability of “unnatural” analogs of the sterols.