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SUBMITTER: Verdin-Betancourt FA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6791832 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Verdín-Betancourt Francisco Alberto FA Figueroa Mario M López-González Ma de Lourdes ML Gómez Elizabeth E Bernal-Hernández Yael Yvette YY Rojas-García Aurora Elizabeth AE Sierra-Santoyo Adolfo A
Scientific reports 20191014 1
Temephos (Tem) is an organophosphorus pesticide widely used to kill and prevent the growth of the main vectors for the transmission of dengue, zika, and chikungunya viruses. In chlorinated water, Tem is oxidized to its dioxon-sulfoxide (Tem-dox-SO), dioxon-sulfone (Tem-dox-SO<sub>2</sub>), and sulfoxide (Tem-SO) derivatives; however, these compounds are not commercially available to be used as standards and in toxicological studies. In the present study, we synthesized and characterized the Tem- ...[more]