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Lindane: History, Applications, Standards & Products

Lindane, also known as gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH), gammaxene, Gammallin and benzene hexachloride (BHC), is an organochlorine chemical and an isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane that has been used both as an agricultural insecticide and as a pharmaceutical treatment for lice and scabies.

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Lindane topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Applications, Standards and Products as prominent areas in the source structure around Lindane.

Related topics
75
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
81
Extracted relationships
138
Concept neighborhoods
30
Bridge connections
81

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 25 topics
History and use · 17 topics
Human health effects · 16 topics
Environmental contamination · 8 topics
Synthesis · 5 topics
Other uses · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

3D model (JSmol)
Interactive image
AHFS/Drugs.com
Monograph
ATC code
P03AB02 (WHO) QS02QA01 (WHO) QP53AB52 (WHO)
CAS Number
58-89-9 Y
ChEBI
CHEBI:32888 Y
ChEMBL
ChEMBL15891 Y

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History and use

Other uses

Synthesis

Human health effects

Environmental contamination

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Lindane connects Entity context

The extracted context around Lindane shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Lindane → Although, Between, Brazil, By, By November, Canada, China, Development, Dutch, European, Faraday, Freewax, ICI, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, In, It, Japanese, Jealott's Hill, Linden, Malaya Another extracted example is Lindane → Disease Registry, Document, Drinking-Water Quality GuidelinesLindane Chemistry, EHC, FDA Information, Hazardous Substances Databank, HexachlorocyclohexaneLindane, Lindane Facts, LindaneEPA Information, LindaneGamma Hexachlorocyclohexane Fact SheetAgency, Medicine, Morton Grove PharmaceuticalsU, National Library, Pesticide Properties DataBase, PPDB, Toxicological Profile, Toxics, UsesWorld Health Organization, Website, World Health Organization Background. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Lindane

Top relations

related to history · 32
Lindane → Although, Between, Brazil, By, By November, Canada, China, Development, Dutch, European, Faraday, Freewax, ICI, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, In, It, Japanese, Jealott's Hill, Linden, Malaya
related to Government and organizations · 20
Lindane → Disease Registry, Document, Drinking-Water Quality GuidelinesLindane Chemistry, EHC, FDA Information, Hazardous Substances Databank, HexachlorocyclohexaneLindane, Lindane Facts, LindaneEPA Information, LindaneGamma Hexachlorocyclohexane Fact SheetAgency, Medicine, Morton Grove PharmaceuticalsU, National Library, Pesticide Properties DataBase, PPDB, Toxicological Profile, Toxics, UsesWorld Health Organization, Website, World Health Organization Background
related to Cancer risk · 13
Lindane → Based, California's Proposition, Cancer, Department, EPA, Health, Human Services, In, India's BIS, International Agency, Research, The, World Health Organization
related to United States · 10
Lindane → By, Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, FDA, Food, In, It, The EPA, US
has effect · 8
Lindane → Exposure, HCH, It, LD50, Most, Prenatal, The EPA, WHO
related to News stories and opinion articles · 8
Lindane → Coca-Cola, Coke, India, Mom, NPR, Pepsi, Pesticides, Pros Tackle Lice
related to Isomers · 6
Lindane → HCH, In, Modern, Pesticide Forum, The International HCH, Today
related to Pest repellent · 6
Lindane → CA, Davis, Genelly, Rudd, They, US
related to Synthesis · 6
Lindane → HCH, Hexachlorocyclohexane, It, Its, Technical, The
related to Adverse reactions · 3
Lindane → The, The FDA, While

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

use agricultural pharmaceutical treatment isomers lice used health epa scabies uses hexachlorocyclohexane human production known also convention water environmental banned

Lindane relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 138 structured relationships around Lindane. Examples in this analysis include Lindane → 3D model (JSmol) → Interactive image and Lindane → AHFS/Drugs.com → Monograph. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Lindane3D model (JSmol)Interactive image1.00infobox
LindaneAHFS/Drugs.comMonograph1.00infobox
LindaneATC codeP03AB02 (WHO) QS02QA01 (WHO) QP53AB52 (WHO)1.00infobox
LindaneCAS Number58-89-9 Y1.00infobox
LindaneChEBICHEBI:32888 Y1.00infobox
LindaneChEMBLChEMBL15891 Y1.00infobox
LindaneChemSpider10481896 Y1.00infobox
LindaneCompTox Dashboard (EPA)DTXSID20206861.00infobox
LindaneDrugBankDB00431 Y1.00infobox
LindaneECHA InfoCard100.000.3651.00infobox
LindaneElimination half-life18 hours1.00infobox
LindaneFormulaC6H6Cl61.00infobox
LindaneKEGGC07075 Y1.00infobox
LindaneLegal statusProduction and agricultural use is banned in the 182 countries that are Parties to the Stockholm Convention, but pharmaceutical use is allowed as a second-line treatment for sca…1.00infobox
LindaneMedlinePlusa6826511.00infobox
LindaneMetabolismHepatic cytochrome P-450 oxygenase system1.00infobox
LindaneMolar mass290.81 g·mol−11.00infobox
LindanePregnancy categoryC1.00infobox
LindaneProtein binding91%1.00infobox
LindanePubChem CID7271.00infobox
LindaneRoutes of administrationTopical1.00infobox
LindaneUNII59NEE7PCAB1.00infobox
Lindaneis aneurotoxin that interferes with GABA neurotransmitter function by interacting with the GABAA receptor-chloride channel complex at the picrotoxin binding site0.90text
Lindaneis aendocrine disruptor is unclear.The World Health Organization classifies lindane as0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Lindane bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Health, Epa and Agricultural. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Lindane
    • Health
    • Epa
    • Agricultural
    • Use
    • Production
    • Treatment
    • Water
    • Isomers
    • Uses
    • Levels
    • Environmental
    • Human
  • lindane
    • Health
    • Epa
    • Agricultural
    • Use
    • Production
    • Treatment
    • Water
    • Isomers
    • Uses
    • Levels
    • Environmental
    • Human
  • pharmaceutical
    • Scabies
    • Treatment
    • Use
    • Stockholm
    • Used
    • California
    • Risk
    • Banned
    • Convention
    • Second-line
    • Concluded
    • Environmental
  • lice
    • Scabies
    • Treatment
    • Pharmaceutical
    • Second-line
    • Used
    • Convention
    • Use
    • Stockholm
    • Uses
    • California
    • Banned
    • Concluded
  • scabies
    • Treatment
    • Second-line
    • Convention
    • Used
    • Use
    • Stockholm
    • Uses
    • California
    • Banned
    • Concluded
    • Environmental
    • System
  • world health organization
    • Human
    • Effects
    • Epa
    • Lindane
    • Uses
    • Cancer
    • Pesticide
    • Reported
    • Risk
    • Convention
    • Levels
    • Since
  • rotterdam convention
    • Stockholm
    • Banned
    • Use
    • Scabies
    • Lice
    • Second-line
    • Treatment
    • Environmental
    • Production
    • Pharmaceutical
    • Health
    • Uses
  • stockholm convention
    • Stockholm
    • Banned
    • Use
    • Scabies
    • Lice
    • Environmental
    • Second-line
    • Treatment
    • Production
    • Pharmaceutical
    • System
    • Health

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Lindane, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Lindane with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Lindane — Overview · splits 56 ⟂ 26
Lindane — History and use · splits 64 ⟂ 18
Lindane — Human health effects · splits 65 ⟂ 17
Lindane — Environmental contamination · splits 73 ⟂ 9
Lindane — Synthesis · splits 76 ⟂ 6
Lindane — Other uses · splits 77 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Lindane

Nodes82
Edges81
Triples138
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02439
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Lindane to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Applications, Standards & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Lindane · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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