rotenone in English

noun
1
a toxic crystalline substance obtained from the roots of derris and related plants, widely used as an insecticide.
By the mid 1800s, the heads of chrysanthemum flowers were used to obtain pyrethrum, and rotenone was extracted from the derris plant.

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1. Fewer than 10% of organic farmers use these pesticides regularly; one survey found that only 5.3% of vegetable growers in California use rotenone while 1.7% use pyrethrum.

2. In ascites cells the inhibition of respiration induced by 2-deoxy-d-glucose (DOG) is partially abolished by glucose. Rotenone inhibits the respiration and increases aerobic glycolysis.

3. In acute experiments on rats in vivo the stimulating effects of hydrophilic cholic acids (CA and UDCA) on the Bilification and their inhibiting by rotenone have been shown

4. In contrast to the root, the remainder of the jícama plant is very poisonous; the seeds contain the toxin rotenone, which is used to poison insects and fish.

5. The 19th century saw the introduction of two more natural pesticides, pyrethrum, which is derived from chrysanthemums, and rotenone, which is derived from the roots of tropical vegetables.