Procymidone is a
pesticide. It is often used for killing unwanted ferns and nettles, and as a
dicarboximide fungicide for killing fungi, for example as seed dressing, pre-harvest spray or post-harvest dip of lupins, grapes, stone fruit, strawberries.[1] It is a known
endocrine disruptor (
androgen receptorantagonist)[citation needed] which interferes with the sexual differentiation of male rats.[2] It is considered to be a poison.[3]
^Ostby J, Kelce WR, Lambright C, Wolf CJ, Mann P, Gray LE (1999). "The fungicide procymidone alters sexual differentiation in the male rat by acting as an androgen-receptor antagonist in vivo and in vitro". Toxicol Ind Health. 15 (1–2): 80–93.
doi:
10.1191/074823399678846718.
PMID10188193.
^Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicine Authority, Chemical Review Program.
"procymidone_poster.pdf"(PDF). Archived from
the original(PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
External links
Procymidone in the Pesticide Properties DataBase (PPDB)