Chlorantraniliprole (Rynaxypyr) is an insecticide of the
ryanoid Ryanoids are a class of insecticides which share the same mechanism of action as the alkaloid ryanodine
Ryanodine is a poisonous diterpenoid found in the South American plant ''Ryania speciosa'' (Salicaceae). It was originally used as an insectici ...
classes.
EPA Pesticides Fact Sheet: Chlorantraniliprole
/ref> Chlorantraniliprole was developed world-wide by DuPont and belongs to a class of selective insecticides featuring a novel mode of action to control a range of pests belonging to the order Lepidoptera (moth) and some other Coleoptera (beetle), Diptera (fly), and Isoptera
Termites are small insects that live in colonies and have distinct castes (eusocial) and feed on wood or other dead plant matter. Termites comprise the infraorder Isoptera, or alternatively the epifamily Termitoidae, within the order Blattod ...
(termite) species.
Chlorantraniliprole opens muscular calcium channels,in particular the ryanodine receptor, rapidly causing paralysis and ultimately death of sensitive species. The differential selectivity chlorantraniliprole has towards insect ryanodine
Ryanodine is a poisonous diterpenoid found in the South American plant ''Ryania speciosa'' (Salicaceae). It was originally used as an insecticide.
The compound has extremely high affinity to the open-form ryanodine receptor, a group of calcium cha ...
receptors explains the outstanding profile of low mammalian toxicity. Chlorantraniliprole is active on chewing pest insects primarily by ingestion and secondarily by contact.
Chlorantraniliprole is an active ingredient
An active ingredient is any ingredient that provides biologically active or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or animals. The ...
in the insecticidal products Ferterra (0.4% chlorantraniliprole) and Coragen (18.5% chlorantraniliprole ).
References
{{insecticides
Insecticides
Benzamides
Pyridines
Pyrazoles