Methiocarb, a carbamate pesticide, is used as an insecticide, acaricide, bird repellent, and molluscicide. Methiocarb stimulates cholinergic by inhibiting reversibly acetylcholinesterase activity, making methiocarb a potent neurotoxin.
ω-Hydroxy-DEET, a significant metabolite of the insect repellent N-N-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET), exhibits anti-proliferative properties. DEET, renowned for being a spatial repellent and irritant, is frequently employed to deter mosquito contact.
Shyobunone and isoshyobunone have insecticidal and repellant activity, they exhibit strong contact toxicity against Lasioderma serricorne (LS adults with LD50 values of 20.24 and 24.19 ug/adult, respectively; they are strongly repellent against Tribolium