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metaldehyde

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Description

metaldehyde: polymer of acetaldehyde [Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), National Library of Medicine, extracted Dec-2023]

metaldehyde : A member of the class of tetroxocanes that is 1,3,5,7-tetroxocane which carries four methyl groups at positions 2,4,6 and 8. It is a potent molluscicide and the active ingredient in most slug pellets used for crop protection. [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 CID61021
CHEMBL ID2251334
CHEBI ID81931
SCHEMBL ID135215
MeSH IDM0043776

Synonyms (62)

Synonym
LS-13521
hsdb 1735
1,3,5,7-tetroxocane, 2,4,6,8-tetramethyl-
acetaldehyde, tetramer
halizan
metaldehyde
un1332
metaldeide [italian]
metaldehyde [bsi:iso]
2,4,6,8-tetramethyl-1,3,5,7-tetraoxacyclooctane
2,4,6,8-tetramethyl-1,3,5,7-tetroxocane
ariotox
corry's slug death
slug-tox
epa pesticide chemical code 053001
metason
metaldehyd [german]
ai3-15376
cekumeta
caswell no. 548
metacetaldehyde
r-2,c-4,c-6,c-8-tetramethyl-1,3,5,7-tetroxocane
einecs 203-600-2
9002-91-9
2,4,6,8-tetramethyl-1,3,5,7-tetraoxocane
FT-0693272
108-62-3
aldehyde (meta)
acetaldehyde tetramer
M0076
A801902
C18744
nitroethene (2.0m in toluene)
4ci033vjyg ,
metaldeide
unii-4ci033vjyg
metaldehyd
metaldehyde [un1332] [flammable solid]
FT-0628258
AKOS015914986
chebi:81931 ,
CHEMBL2251334
slugfest
metaldehyde [iso]
un-1332
metaldehyde [mi]
SCHEMBL135215
blitzem
deadline
defender
antimilice
CS-5210
HY-B1870
metacetaldehyd
farmon mini slug pellets
un 1332
DTXSID1034715
J-002170
mfcd00134115
metaldehyde acetaldehyde tetramer
Q412303
F88284

Research Excerpts

Overview

Metaldehyde is a polar, mobile, low molecular weight pesticide that is challenging to remove from drinking water with current adsorption-based micropollutant treatment technologies. Metaldehyde is widely used in countries where damage to crops from slugs and snails is a major problem.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Metaldehyde is a polar, mobile, low molecular weight pesticide that is challenging to remove from drinking water with current adsorption-based micropollutant treatment technologies. "( Bioaugmentation of pilot-scale slow sand filters can achieve compliant levels for the micropollutant metaldehyde in a real water matrix.
Cambronero-Heinrichs, JC; Castro-Gutierrez, VM; Haley, J; Hassard, F; Helgason, T; Holden, B; Jarvis, P; Jefferson, B; Moir, JW; Pickering, L, 2022
)
2.38
"Metaldehyde is a molluscicide which has been regularly detected at high concentrations in many drinking water supply catchments."( A new conceptual model of pesticide transfers from agricultural land to surface waters with a specific focus on metaldehyde.
Guymer, I; Jefferson, B; Ramos, A; Rayner, M; Villa, R; Whelan, MJ, 2020
)
1.49
"Metaldehyde is a toxic pesticide used mainly as a molluscicide, responsible for intoxication and deaths in both humans and animals. "( Fatal metaldehyde poisoning in a dog confirmed by gas chromatography.
Botelho, AFM; Braga, SM; Chaves, AR; da Silva, RHS; Faria, AC; Machado, AMD; Machado, LS; Melo, MM; Miguel, MP; Santos, H; Torres, BBJ, 2020
)
2.48
"Metaldehyde is a commercial pesticide widely used to reduce crop losses resulting from terrestrial mollusc damage."( The effects of metaldehyde on non-target aquatic macroinvertebrates: Integrating field and laboratory-based evidence.
Chadd, RP; Gething, KJ; Pickwell, A; Wood, PJ, 2020
)
1.63
"Metaldehyde is a common molluscicide, used to control slugs in agriculture and horticulture. "( Isolation and characterization of metaldehyde-degrading bacteria from domestic soils.
Helgason, T; Moir, JWB; Sinclair, CJ; Thomas, JC, 2017
)
2.18
"Metaldehyde is a molluscicide and the active ingredient in formulated slug pellets used for the protection of crops. "( Measuring metaldehyde in surface waters in the UK using two monitoring approaches.
Bakir, A; Castle, GD; Fones, GR; Gravell, A; Mills, GA; Schumacher, M; Snow, K, 2018
)
2.33
"Metaldehyde (MA) is an organic compound widely used in agriculture all around the world as molluscicide. "( Explaining the interactions between metaldehyde and acidic surface groups of activated carbon under different pH conditions.
Campos, LC; Ferino-Pérez, A; Gamboa-Carballo, JJ; Jáuregui-Haza, U; Li, Z, 2019
)
2.23
"Metaldehyde is a widely used molluscicide in countries where damage to crops from slugs and snails is a major problem associated with warm and wet winters. "( Developmental toxicity of metaldehyde in the embryos of Lymnaea stagnalis (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) co-exposed to the synergist piperonyl butoxide.
Atfield, A; Comber, S; Hallett, KC; Hutchinson, TH, 2016
)
2.18
"Metaldehyde is a molluscicide, and zinc phosphide is a rodenticide, both of which have caused toxicosis in horses."( Pesticide toxicosis in the horse.
Plumlee, KH, 2001
)
1.03

Effects

Metaldehyde has been widely used as a main ingredient of solid fuel for making fire and slug baits in Japan. Metaldehyde has a larger role in the mechanism of metaldehyde toxicity than previously thought.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Metaldehyde has a larger role in the mechanism of metaldehyde toxicity than previously thought."( An investigation of metaldehyde and acetaldehyde toxicities in dogs.
Booze, TF; Oehme, FW, 1986
)
1.32
"Metaldehyde adsorption has been found to be independent of specific surface area (SBET), which is highly unusual for an adsorption process, and is favoured in carbons with (a) high microporosity with narrow pore size distribution, (b) presence of mesopores which allow efficient diffusive transport, and (c) an absence of negatively charged functional groups."( Phenolic carbon tailored for the removal of polar organic contaminants from water: a solution to the metaldehyde problem?
Busquets, R; Cundy, AB; Kozynchenko, OP; Tennison, SR; Whitby, RL, 2014
)
1.34
"Metaldehyde has been widely used as a main ingredient of solid fuel for making fire and slug baits in Japan. "( Adsorption effects of activated charcoal on metaldehyde toxicity in rats.
Endo, Y; Goto, K; Iwamoto, C; Ohata, K; Shintani, S, 1999
)
2.01
"Metaldehyde has a larger role in the mechanism of metaldehyde toxicity than previously thought."( An investigation of metaldehyde and acetaldehyde toxicities in dogs.
Booze, TF; Oehme, FW, 1986
)
1.32

Treatment

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Metaldehyde treatment showed no significant effect on total soluble proteins, lipids and GOT level, whereas a significant increase in GPT and CAT enzymes was observed."( Biochemical studies on the terrestrial snail, Eubania vermiculata (Müller) treated with some pesticides.
el-Wakil, HB; Radwan, MA, 1991
)
1

Toxicity

The theory that acetaldehyde is the primary toxic agent in metaldehyde poisoning should be re-evaluated.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" In this study, we orally dosed rats with twice the LD50 of metaldehyde following no pretreatment (control) or pretreatment with 1 of 3 different cytochrome P-450 inducers either phenobarbital or o,p'-DDD (inducers of cytochromes P-450 IIB and IIIA) or 3-methylcholanthrene (an inducer of P-450 IA)."( Phenobarbital-type P-450 inducers protect rats against metaldehyde toxicity.
de Saqui-Sannes, P; Fargier, C; Petit, C; Tardieu, D; Thouvenot, N, 1996
)
0.78
" The theory that acetaldehyde is the primary toxic agent in metaldehyde poisoning should be re-evaluated."( Adsorption effects of activated charcoal on metaldehyde toxicity in rats.
Endo, Y; Goto, K; Iwamoto, C; Ohata, K; Shintani, S, 1999
)
0.81

Dosage Studied

Ratios used of po activated charcoal given 30 min after dosing to 400 mg metaldehyde/kg po were 5:1, 2:1. We orally dosed rats with twice the LD50 of metaldehyde following no pretreatment.

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" In this study, we orally dosed rats with twice the LD50 of metaldehyde following no pretreatment (control) or pretreatment with 1 of 3 different cytochrome P-450 inducers either phenobarbital or o,p'-DDD (inducers of cytochromes P-450 IIB and IIIA) or 3-methylcholanthrene (an inducer of P-450 IA)."( Phenobarbital-type P-450 inducers protect rats against metaldehyde toxicity.
de Saqui-Sannes, P; Fargier, C; Petit, C; Tardieu, D; Thouvenot, N, 1996
)
0.78
[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Roles (2)

RoleDescription
molluscicideA substance used to destroy pests of the phylum Mollusca.
fuelAn energy-rich substance that can be transformed with release of usable energy.
[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 (1)

ClassDescription
tetroxocane
[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]

Bioassays (2)

Assay IDTitleYearJournalArticle
AID1105347Molluscicidal activity against Pomacea canaliculata 2010Toxins, 08, Volume: 2, Issue:8
Natural toxins for use in pest management.
AID1105345Molluscicidal activity against Pomacea canaliculata assessed as mortality at 200 uM after 24 hr2010Toxins, 08, Volume: 2, Issue:8
Natural toxins for use in pest management.
[information is prepared from bioassay data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Research

Studies (111)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-199028 (25.23)18.7374
1990's9 (8.11)18.2507
2000's17 (15.32)29.6817
2010's38 (34.23)24.3611
2020's19 (17.12)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Market Indicators

Research Demand Index: 54.90

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 very strong demand-to-supply ratio for research on this compound.

MetricThis Compound (vs All)
Research Demand Index54.90 (24.57)
Research Supply Index4.75 (2.92)
Research Growth Index4.92 (4.65)
Search Engine Demand Index105.24 (26.88)
Search Engine Supply Index2.39 (0.95)

This Compound (54.90)

All Compounds (24.57)

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials0 (0.00%)5.53%
Reviews4 (3.48%)6.00%
Case Studies14 (12.17%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other97 (84.35%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]