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Lindane

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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ATC code
P03AB02 (WHO) QS02QA01 (WHO) QP53AB52 (WHO)
CAS Number
58-89-9 Y
ChEBI
CHEBI:32888 Y
ChEMBL
ChEMBL15891 Y

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Lindane

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

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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

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

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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

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