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acephate

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Description

acephate : A phosphoramide that is methamidophos in which one of the hydrogens is replaced by an acetyl group. [Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Cross-References

ID SourceID
PubMed CID1982
CHEMBL ID2133249
CHEBI ID34520
SCHEMBL ID27847
MeSH IDM0042395

Synonyms (91)

Synonym
smr000777856
MLS002207246
acephate
phosphoramidothioic acid, acetyl-, o,s-dimethyl ester
DIVK1C_006616
KBIO1_001560
o,s-dimethylacetylphosphoroamidothioate
CHEBI:34520 ,
30560-19-1
acetamidophos
o,s-dimethyl acetylamidothiophosphate
acetylphosphoramidothioic acid o,s-dimethyl ester
n-(methoxy(methylthio)phosphinoyl)acetamide
o,s-dimethyl acetylphosphoroamidothioate
SPECTRUM_001899
SPECTRUM5_002016
ai3-27822
re 12420
ortran
75 sp
ortho 124120
ent 27822
einecs 250-241-2
acephat [german]
hsdb 6549
chevron orthene
epa pesticide chemical code 103301
phosphoramidothioic acid, n-acetyl-, o,s-dimethyl ester
caswell no. 002a
orthene-755
o,s-dimethyl acetylphosphoramidothioate
acephate, technical
acephate [ansi:bsi:iso]
orthene
brn 1936365
ortril
chevron re 12,420
BSPBIO_002439
NCGC00163755-01
KBIO2_004991
KBIO2_007559
KBIOSS_002429
KBIO2_002423
KBIOGR_001159
KBIO3_001939
SPECTRUM3_000850
SPBIO_001770
SPECPLUS_000520
SPECTRUM4_000690
SPECTRUM2_001725
NCGC00163755-02
NCGC00163755-03
n-[methoxy(methylsulfanyl)phosphoryl]acetamide
NCGC00163755-04
NCGC00163755-05
NCGC00254778-01
tox21_202204
tox21_300874
dtxcid503846
dtxsid8023846 ,
cas-30560-19-1
NCGC00259753-01
AKOS006227880
CCG-39500
ccris 8606
unii-3y417o444d
acephat
n-(methoxy(methylthio)phosphoryl)acetamide
3y417o444d ,
o,s-dimethyl n-acetylphosphoramidothioate
FT-0630554
AB02274
CHEMBL2133249
SCHEMBL27847
(rs)-(o,s-dimethyl acetylphosphoramidothioate)
acephate [mi]
acephate [hsdb]
acephate [iso]
acefate
W-106936
acephate, pestanal(r), analytical standard
AS-69868
acephate 100 microg/ml in acetonitrile
F21322
Q2231923
CS-0012853
mfcd00055361
AMY40939
HY-B0841
acephate 100 microg/ml in acetone
acephate 10 microg/ml in acetonitrile

Research Excerpts

Overview

Acephate is a widely used organophosphorus insecticide globally. There are some concerns about its usage with regard to acute consumer exposure and side-effects on nontarget organisms.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Acephate is an organophosphorus insecticide that is used worldwide."( Hormesis effects in tomato plant growth and photosynthesis due to acephate exposure based on physiology and transcriptomic analysis.
Cui, Y; Jiang, Y; Sun, Y; Wang, Y; Xu, N; Zhang, C, 2023
)
1.87
"Acephate is an organophosphate insecticide that disrupts the endocrine system and impairs the male reproductive system. "( Impairment of testicular development in rats exposed to acephate during maternal gestation and lactation.
Fernandes, GSA; Mathias, PCF; Prates, KV; Sampaio, CF; Siervo, GEML, 2020
)
2.25
"Acephate is an organophosphate pesticide. "( Acephate interferes with androgen synthesis in rat immature Leydig cells.
Dong, Y; Ge, RS; Huang, T; Li, H; Li, X; Liu, S; Wang, Y; Wu, S; Zhu, Q, 2020
)
3.44
"Acephate is a widely used organophosphorus insecticide globally, although there are some concerns about its usage with regard to acute consumer exposure and side-effects on nontarget organisms. "( Environmental behavior of the chiral organophosphorus insecticide acephate and its chiral metabolite methamidophos: enantioselective transformation and degradation in soils.
Li, Z; Qi, P; Wang, Q; Wang, X; Xu, H; Xu, J; Zhang, H, 2013
)
2.07
"Acephate is a commercial organophosphate pesticide formerly used in households and now used primarily for agriculture. "( Pesticide-induced quadriplegia in a 55-year-old woman.
Beavers, CT; Flinchum, DA; Jortani, SA; Parker, JJ; Weakley-Jones, BA, 2014
)
1.85
"Acephate (AP) is a widely available organophosphorus (OP) insecticide considered to have low mammalian toxicity. "( Urinary elimination kinetics of acephate and its metabolite, methamidophos, in urine after acute ingestion.
Barr, D; Chang, A; Geller, R; Montesano, MA; Thomas, J, 2009
)
2.08
"Acephate is a commonly used organophosphate insecticide applied on agricultural crops and in residential communities. "( Determination of acephate in human urine.
Hebert, VR; LePage, JT; McCauley, L; Rothlein, JE; Tomaszewska, EM,
)
1.91
"Acephate is an important systemic organophosphorus insecticide with toxicity attributed to bioactivation on metabolic conversion to methamidophos (or an oxidized metabolite thereof) which acts as an acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor. "( Acephate insecticide toxicity: safety conferred by inhibition of the bioactivating carboxyamidase by the metabolite methamidophos.
Casida, JE; Mahajna, M; Quistad, GB, 1997
)
3.18
"Acephate (AT) is an organophosphate (OP) insecticide. "( Role of oxidant stress and antioxidant protection in acephate-induced renal tubular cytotoxicity.
Kanji, VK; Poovala, VS; Salahudeen, AK; Tachikawa, H, 1998
)
1.99
"Acephate is a water-soluble organophosphate insecticide whose action on insects has been related to its conversion to methamidophos, a very potent anticholinesterase agent which has caused delayed neuropathy in man. "( Biological monitoring of human exposure to acephate.
Catenacci, G; Cavallo, D; Galli, D; Maroni, M; Ravazzani, G,
)
1.84

Effects

Acephate is used extensively as an insecticide in agriculture. Acephate has a negative, but somewhat species-specific, impact on tip moth parasitism.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Acephate has a negative, but somewhat species-specific, impact on tip moth parasitism."( Effects of a broad spectrum and biorational insecticides on parasitoids of the Nantucket pine tip moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).
Berisford, CW; Dalusky, MJ; McCravy, KW, 2001
)
1.03
"Acephate has been used extensively as an insecticide in agriculture. "( Acephate exposure during a perinatal life program to type 2 diabetes.
Alves, VS; Barella, LF; Fabricio, GS; Francisco, FA; Franco, CC; Gomes, RM; Malta, A; Martins, IP; Mathias, PC; Miranda, RA; Moreira, VM; Oliveira, JC; Palma-Rigo, K; Pavanello, A; Prates, KV; Ribeiro, TA; Silveira, SD; Sloboda, DM; Tófolo, LP; Vieira, E, 2016
)
3.32
"Acephate has a negative, but somewhat species-specific, impact on tip moth parasitism."( Effects of a broad spectrum and biorational insecticides on parasitoids of the Nantucket pine tip moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).
Berisford, CW; Dalusky, MJ; McCravy, KW, 2001
)
1.03

Actions

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Acephate induced an increase in glucose and corticosterone levels as well as in TAT and G6Pase activities."( Diphenyl diselenide protects against metabolic disorders induced by acephate acute exposure in rats.
Acker, CI; Nogueira, CW, 2014
)
1.36

Treatment

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"Acephate treatment was associated with a decreased number of implantations and live fetuses, and an increased number of early resorptions at 28 mg/kg/day."( Reproductive toxicology of acephate in male mice.
El-Okazy, AM; Eweidah, MH; Farag, AT,
)
1.15

Toxicity

Acephate inhibits liver carboxyamidase cleaving [14CH3S]acephate to methamidophos. The results indicated that mayfly larvae were very sensitive to the toxic effects of acephate. larvae of the stonefly, damselfly and mosquito were much less sensitive.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" In addition, the effects of certain intrinsic (sex) and extrinsic (salinity and multiple toxicant interraction) variables on the toxic response were also investigated."( The effect of certain intrinsic and extrinsic variables on the acute toxicity of selected organophosphorus insecticides to the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus.
Fulton, MH; Scott, GI, 1991
)
0.28
" The results indicated that mayfly larvae were very sensitive to the toxic effects of acephate, whereas larvae of the stonefly, damselfly and mosquito were much less sensitive."( Studies on the toxicity, metabolism, and anticholinesterase properties of acephate and methamidophos.
Hussain, MA; Mohamad, RB; Oloffs, PC, 1985
)
0.72
"The calculated, acute oral LD50 of acephate and methamidophos to dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis) was 106 mg/kg and 8 mg/kg, respectively."( Toxicity of acephate and methamidophos to dark-eyed juncos.
Lasmanis, J; Roberts, RB; Shea, PJ; Zinkl, JG, 1981
)
0.92
" Results from this study, which is the first to explore the toxic effects of AT on renal tubular cells, demonstrate that toxic action of AT on kidney cells is partly through an ROS-mediated mechanism."( Role of oxidant stress and antioxidant protection in acephate-induced renal tubular cytotoxicity.
Kanji, VK; Poovala, VS; Salahudeen, AK; Tachikawa, H, 1998
)
0.55
" LD50 for housefly exposed to Ace I, II, III, and IV analogs was governed by their electronic, topological, steric, and sterimol (steric effects of substituents) properties."( Quantitative structure-activity relationships for phosphoramidothioate toxicity in housefly.
Singh, AK, 1999
)
0.3
"Methamidophos (Met) is a weak inhibitor of housefly head AChE but at the same time it is highly toxic to the common housefly."( QSAR for acetylcholinesterase inhibition and toxicity of two classes of phosphoramidothioates.
Singh, AK; Spassova, DP, 2001
)
0.31
" As information on toxic interactions between metal and pesticide are lacking, the present study was undertaken to find the toxic effect of a mixture of a metal and a pesticide."( Acute toxicity of aluminium chloride, acephate, and their coexposure in male Wistar rat.
Kumar, S,
)
0.4
" Ace exposure occurring concurrent with injury would augment the acute-phase response, which would augment the toxic effects of IL-1 and other cytokines, and Ace exposure occurring prior to the injury would suppress or abolish the initial stimulatory effects of IL-1, which would decrease an organism's ability to combat infection or injury."( Immunotoxicity of acute acephate exposure in control or IL-1-challenged rats: correlation between the immune cell composition and corticosteroid concentration in blood.
Jiang, Y; Singh, AK,
)
0.44
"To explore the inhibitory effects of highly toxic organophosphorus compound and its substitute (methamidophos and acephate) on acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and their toxic mechanisms."( [Comparison of the toxic effect of methamidophos and acephate on acetylcholinesterase].
Shi, N; Zhang, Y; Zhou, L, 2002
)
0.77
" The difference in inhibition on brain regions may be one of the reason of various toxic effect of them."( [Comparison of the toxic effect of methamidophos and acephate on acetylcholinesterase].
Shi, N; Zhang, Y; Zhou, L, 2002
)
0.56
"To study the toxic effect of chronic exposure to acephate at low-dose levels, a metabolomics approach based on ultra-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) was applied."( Metabolomic analysis of the toxic effect of chronic low-dose exposure to acephate on rats using ultra-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry.
Du, LF; Hao, DF; Sun, CH; Wang, H; Xu, W; Yang, JD; Zhao, XJ, 2012
)
0.86
" Based on the LC50s and LC75s, dicrotophos was much less toxic than the other chemicals tested."( Toxicity of Bifenthrin and Mixtures of Bifenthrin Plus Acephate, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam, or Dicrotophos to Adults of Tarnished Plant Bug (Hemiptera: Miridae).
Duckworth, JL; Jones, MM; Robertson, J, 2018
)
0.73

Pharmacokinetics

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" Adjusted animal biomonitoring equivalents from chimeric mice studies were scaled to human biomonitoring equivalents using known species allometric scaling factors and in vitro metabolic clearance data with a simple physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model."( Pharmacokinetics and effects on serum cholinesterase activities of organophosphorus pesticides acephate and chlorpyrifos in chimeric mice transplanted with human hepatocytes.
Kuronuma, M; Shimizu, M; Sota, S; Suemizu, H; Yamazaki, H, 2014
)
0.62

Compound-Compound Interactions

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"In this study, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) charged probes and an inverted superhydrophobic platform were used to develop a detection method for agricultural chemicals residues (ACRs) in rice combined with lightweight deep learning network."( Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy charged probes under inverted superhydrophobic platform for detection of agricultural chemicals residues in rice combined with lightweight deep learning network.
Li, P; Liang, D; Qiu, M; Sha, W; Tang, L; Wang, C; Wang, J; Weng, S; Wu, Y; Zhu, R, 2023
)
0.91

Bioavailability

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" To show the importance of physicochemical properties, the classic QSAR and CoMFA of neonicotinoids and prediction of bioavailability of pesticides in terms of membrane permeability in comparison with drugs are described."( Importance of physicochemical properties for the design of new pesticides.
Akamatsu, M, 2011
)
0.37

Dosage Studied

Acephate can be efficiently degraded by the TiO2/Ce system under natural field conditions. The degradation efficiency was affected by the dosage of the photocatalyst and acephate.

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" A comparison of CA frequencies after acute and chronic dosing was also performed."( Mutagenicity of an organophosphate insecticide acephate--an in vivo study in chicks.
Bhunya, SP; Jena, GB, 1994
)
0.55
" Male Wistar albino rats were dosed orally in a increasing geometric progressive doses of aluminium chloride, acephate, and their combination (1 part aluminium:1 part acephate) in distilled water."( Acute toxicity of aluminium chloride, acephate, and their coexposure in male Wistar rat.
Kumar, S,
)
0.61
"Preventive treatment with insecticides at high dosing rates before planting of a new crop- soil drenching- is a common practice in some tropical intensive cropping systems, which may increase the risk of leaching, soil functioning, and pesticide uptake in the next crop."( Dissipation and leaching of acephate, chlorpyrifos, and their main metabolites in field soils of Malaysia.
Chai, LK; Hansen, HC; Hansen, S; Mohd-Tahir, N,
)
0.43
" The results show that acephate can be efficiently degraded by the TiO2/Ce system under natural field conditions; the degradation efficiency was affected by the dosage of the photocatalyst and acephate."( Photocatalytic degradation of acephate in pak choi, Brassica chinensis, with Ce-doped TiO2.
Bai, L; Liu, K; Liu, X; Wang, L; Zhou, X, 2015
)
1.02
" Dose-response bioassays with acephate were performed on tobacco thrips field populations and a susceptible laboratory population."( Standardized Field Trials in Cotton and Bioassays to Evaluate Resistance of Tobacco Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) to Insecticides in the Southern United States.
Bateman, NR; Brown, SA; Catchot, AL; Catchot, B; Cook, DR; Crow, WD; Gore, J; Graham, SH; Huseth, AS; Kennedy, GG; Kerns, D; Kerns, DL; Krob, JL; Lorenz, GM; Musser, FR; Perkins, C; Reisig, DD; Stewart, SD; Taylor, SV; Thrash, BC; Towles, TB, 2022
)
1.01
[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Roles (3)

RoleDescription
acaricideA substance used to destroy pests of the subclass Acari (mites and ticks).
EC 3.1.1.7 (acetylcholinesterase) inhibitorAn EC 3.1.1.* (carboxylic ester hydrolase) inhibitor that interferes with the action of enzyme acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7), which helps breaking down of acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid.
agrochemicalAn agrochemical is a substance that is used in agriculture or horticulture.
[role information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Drug Classes (4)

ClassDescription
mixed diacylamineAny imide in which the acyl substituents are any two from carboacyl, sulfonyl and phosphoryl
phosphoramideA compound in which one or more of the OH groups of phosphoric acid have been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group. The term is commonly confined to the phosphoric triamides, P(=O)(NR2)3, since replacement of one or two OH groups produces phosphoramidic acids: P(=O)(OH)(NR2)2 , P(=O)(OH)2(NR2).
organic thiophosphate
organothiophosphate insecticide
[compound class information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Protein Targets (5)

Potency Measurements

ProteinTaxonomyMeasurementAverage (µ)Min (ref.)Avg (ref.)Max (ref.)Bioassay(s)
GLI family zinc finger 3Homo sapiens (human)Potency27.33380.000714.592883.7951AID1259369
pregnane X nuclear receptorHomo sapiens (human)Potency61.19270.005428.02631,258.9301AID1346982
Caspase-7Cricetulus griseus (Chinese hamster)Potency27.33380.006723.496068.5896AID1346980
caspase-3Cricetulus griseus (Chinese hamster)Potency27.33380.006723.496068.5896AID1346980
gemininHomo sapiens (human)Potency0.14580.004611.374133.4983AID624297
[prepared from compound, protein, and bioassay information from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Bioassays (16)

Assay IDTitleYearJournalArticle
AID588499High-throughput multiplex microsphere screening for inhibitors of toxin protease, specifically Botulinum neurotoxin light chain A protease, MLPCN compound set2010Current protocols in cytometry, Oct, Volume: Chapter 13Microsphere-based flow cytometry protease assays for use in protease activity detection and high-throughput screening.
AID588499High-throughput multiplex microsphere screening for inhibitors of toxin protease, specifically Botulinum neurotoxin light chain A protease, MLPCN compound set2006Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology, May, Volume: 69, Issue:5
Microsphere-based protease assays and screening application for lethal factor and factor Xa.
AID588499High-throughput multiplex microsphere screening for inhibitors of toxin protease, specifically Botulinum neurotoxin light chain A protease, MLPCN compound set2010Assay and drug development technologies, Feb, Volume: 8, Issue:1
High-throughput multiplex flow cytometry screening for botulinum neurotoxin type a light chain protease inhibitors.
AID588497High-throughput multiplex microsphere screening for inhibitors of toxin protease, specifically Botulinum neurotoxin light chain F protease, MLPCN compound set2010Current protocols in cytometry, Oct, Volume: Chapter 13Microsphere-based flow cytometry protease assays for use in protease activity detection and high-throughput screening.
AID588497High-throughput multiplex microsphere screening for inhibitors of toxin protease, specifically Botulinum neurotoxin light chain F protease, MLPCN compound set2006Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology, May, Volume: 69, Issue:5
Microsphere-based protease assays and screening application for lethal factor and factor Xa.
AID588497High-throughput multiplex microsphere screening for inhibitors of toxin protease, specifically Botulinum neurotoxin light chain F protease, MLPCN compound set2010Assay and drug development technologies, Feb, Volume: 8, Issue:1
High-throughput multiplex flow cytometry screening for botulinum neurotoxin type a light chain protease inhibitors.
AID588501High-throughput multiplex microsphere screening for inhibitors of toxin protease, specifically Lethal Factor Protease, MLPCN compound set2010Current protocols in cytometry, Oct, Volume: Chapter 13Microsphere-based flow cytometry protease assays for use in protease activity detection and high-throughput screening.
AID588501High-throughput multiplex microsphere screening for inhibitors of toxin protease, specifically Lethal Factor Protease, MLPCN compound set2006Cytometry. Part A : the journal of the International Society for Analytical Cytology, May, Volume: 69, Issue:5
Microsphere-based protease assays and screening application for lethal factor and factor Xa.
AID588501High-throughput multiplex microsphere screening for inhibitors of toxin protease, specifically Lethal Factor Protease, MLPCN compound set2010Assay and drug development technologies, Feb, Volume: 8, Issue:1
High-throughput multiplex flow cytometry screening for botulinum neurotoxin type a light chain protease inhibitors.
AID651635Viability Counterscreen for Primary qHTS for Inhibitors of ATXN expression
AID1745845Primary qHTS for Inhibitors of ATXN expression
AID1159550Human Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD) Inhibitor Screening2015Nature cell biology, Nov, Volume: 17, Issue:11
6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase links oxidative PPP, lipogenesis and tumour growth by inhibiting LKB1-AMPK signalling.
AID1159607Screen for inhibitors of RMI FANCM (MM2) intereaction2016Journal of biomolecular screening, Jul, Volume: 21, Issue:6
A High-Throughput Screening Strategy to Identify Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibitors That Block the Fanconi Anemia DNA Repair Pathway.
AID977599Inhibition of sodium fluorescein uptake in OATP1B1-transfected CHO cells at an equimolar substrate-inhibitor concentration of 10 uM2013Molecular pharmacology, Jun, Volume: 83, Issue:6
Structure-based identification of OATP1B1/3 inhibitors.
AID977602Inhibition of sodium fluorescein uptake in OATP1B3-transfected CHO cells at an equimolar substrate-inhibitor concentration of 10 uM2013Molecular pharmacology, Jun, Volume: 83, Issue:6
Structure-based identification of OATP1B1/3 inhibitors.
AID1091958Hydrophobicity, log P of the compound in octanol-water by shaking-flask method2011Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, Apr-13, Volume: 59, Issue:7
Importance of physicochemical properties for the design of new pesticides.
[information is prepared from bioassay data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Research

Studies (202)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-199036 (17.82)18.7374
1990's20 (9.90)18.2507
2000's50 (24.75)29.6817
2010's71 (35.15)24.3611
2020's25 (12.38)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Market Indicators

Research Demand Index: 47.03

According to the monthly volume, diversity, and competition of internet searches for this compound, as well the volume and growth of publications, there is estimated to be strong demand-to-supply ratio for research on this compound.

MetricThis Compound (vs All)
Research Demand Index47.03 (24.57)
Research Supply Index5.37 (2.92)
Research Growth Index4.76 (4.65)
Search Engine Demand Index130.45 (26.88)
Search Engine Supply Index3.53 (0.95)

This Compound (47.03)

All Compounds (24.57)

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials0 (0.00%)5.53%
Reviews3 (1.41%)6.00%
Case Studies5 (2.35%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other205 (96.24%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]