Insecticides

"Insecticides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Pesticides designed to control insects that are harmful to man. The insects may be directly harmful, as those acting as disease vectors, or indirectly harmful, as destroyers of crops, food products, or textile fabrics.

Descriptor ID	D007306
MeSH Number(s)	D27.720.031.700.491 D27.888.723.491
Concept/Terms	Insecticides Insecticides

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
Specialty Uses of Chemicals [D27.720]
Agrochemicals [D27.720.031]
Pesticides [D27.720.031.700]
Insecticides [D27.720.031.700.491]
Toxic Actions [D27.888]
Pesticides [D27.888.723]
Insecticides [D27.888.723.491]

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Bar chart showing 52 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2005 and 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	4	0	4
2004	3	1	4
2005	3	2	5
2006	3	1	4
2007	2	0	2
2008	1	1	2
2009	3	0	3
2010	2	1	3
2011	1	0	1
2012	2	2	4
2013	1	0	1
2014	3	1	4
2015	2	0	2
2016	2	0	2
2018	3	2	5
2020	0	1	1
2023	3	0	3
2025	2	0	2

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Wen Y, Jiang X, Li D, Yu Y, Ou Z, Wang J, Wei J, Lin F, Xu H. Synthesis, Translocation, and Biological Activity of an Artificial Glucosinolate with a Fipronil-Based Aglycone as a Vectorizing Agrochemical. J Agric Food Chem. 2025 Jun 18; 73(24):14973-14984.

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Onukak CE, Femi-Akinlosotu OM, Obasa AA, Folarin OR, Ajibade TO, Igado OO, Esan OO, Oyagbemi TO, Adeogun AV, Oyagbemi AA, Ola-Davies OE, Omobowale TO, Olopade JO, Oguntibeju OO, Yakubu MA. Epigallocatechin -3- gallate mitigates diazinon neurotoxicity via suppression of pro-inflammatory genes and upregulation of antioxidant pathways. BMC Neurosci. 2025 Mar 10; 26(1):22.

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Hutton SM, Miarinjara A, Stone NE, Raharimalala FN, Raveloson AO, Rakotobe Harimanana R, Harimalala M, Rahelinirina S, McDonough RF, Ames AD, Hepp C, Rajerison M, Busch JD, Wagner DM, Girod R. Knockdown resistance mutations are common and widely distributed in Xenopsylla cheopis fleas that transmit plague in Madagascar. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 08; 17(8):e0011401.

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Mohammed-Awel J, Gumel AB. Can insecticide resistance increase malaria transmission? A genetics-epidemiology mathematical modeling approach. J Math Biol. 2023 07 12; 87(2):28.

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Jacobs E, Chrissian C, Rankin-Turner S, Wear M, Camacho E, Broderick NA, McMeniman CJ, Stark RE, Casadevall A. Cuticular profiling of insecticide resistant Aedes aegypti. Sci Rep. 2023 06 22; 13(1):10154.

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Mohammed-Awel J, Iboi EA, Gumel AB. Insecticide resistance and malaria control: A genetics-epidemiology modeling approach. Math Biosci. 2020 07; 325:108368.

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Keppanan R, Krutmuang P, Sivaperumal S, Hussain M, Bamisile BS, Aguila LCR, Dash CK, Wang L. Synthesis of mycotoxin protein IF8 by the entomopathogenic fungus Isaria fumosorosea and its toxic effect against adult Diaphorina citri. Int J Biol Macromol. 2019 Mar 15; 125:1203-1211.

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Li Y, Li Y, Liu Y, Ward TJ. Photodegradation of clothianidin and thiamethoxam in agricultural soils. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2018 Nov; 25(31):31318-31325.

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Huang J, Eskenazi B, Bornman R, Rauch S, Chevrier J. Maternal Peripartum Serum DDT/E and Urinary Pyrethroid Metabolite Concentrations and Child Infections at 2 Years in the VHEMBE Birth Cohort. Environ Health Perspect. 2018 06; 126(6):067006.

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Ravindran K, Sivaramakrishnan S, Hussain M, Dash CK, Bamisile BS, Qasim M, Liande W. Investigation and molecular docking studies of Bassianolide from Lecanicillium lecanii against Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 2018 Apr; 206-207:65-72.

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