Flusilazole is an organosilicon compound that is dimethylsilane in which the hydrogens attached to the silicon are replaced by p-fluorophenyl groups and a hydrogen attached to one of the methyl groups is replaced by a 1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl group. It is a broad-sepctrum fungicide used to protect a variety of crops. It has a role as a xenobiotic, an EC 1.14.13.70 (sterol 14alpha-demethylase) inhibitor, an environmental contaminant and an antifungal agrochemical. It is an organosilicon compound, a member of triazoles, a member of monofluorobenzenes, a conazole fungicide and a triazole fungicide.
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GHS classification
GHS Classification · 6 items
Danger
H302: Harmful if swallowed [Warning Acute toxicity, oral]
P203, P264, P270, P273, P280, P301+P317, P318, P330, P391, P405, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)
Danger
H302 (100%): Harmful if swallowed [Warning Acute toxicity, oral]
P203, P264, P270, P273, P280, P301+P317, P318, P330, P391, P405, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)
Hazard information
Regulatory Information · 5 items
Hazard Traits - Reproductive Toxicity
Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 (amended)
Flusilazole is listed in the dataset of EPA Human Health Benchmarks for Pesticides under the Safe Drinking Water Act (40 eCFR 141)
06/133/EC, Reg. (EU) 2022/801, Reg. (EU) No 540/2011
Flusilazole: Does not have an individual approval but may be used as a component in a product covered by a group standard. It is not approved for use as a chemical in its own right.
Hazard Classes and Categories · 3 items
Acute Tox. 4 (100%)
Carcinogenicity - category 2
Carc. 2
Toxicology
Target OrgansHepatic
Health EffectsFlusilazole can cause testicular Leydig-cell tumours and bladder tumours in rats and hepatocellular tumours in mouse. An increased gestation length and increased placental weight have been found in the reproductive toxicity studies.
Toxicity Summary · 1 item
Flusilazole has a dose-related inhibition of serum testosterone and estradiol concentrations in rats. This inhibition of testosterone and estradiol biosynthesis may disrupt the hypothalamus–pituitary–testis axis, resulting in overstimulation of the testicular endocrine tissues and increase the risk of Leydig-cell tumours.
Chemistry & industry
Pharmacology
MeSH Pharmacological ClassificationChemicals that kill or inhibit the growth of fungi in agricultural applications, on wood, plastics, or other materials, in swimming pools, etc.
Cellular LocationsMembrane
Uses & manufacturing
UsesThis is a man-made compound that is used as a pesticide.
Use ClassificationFungicides
Applications · 4 items
DescriptionFlusilazole is a curative and preventative fungicide used to control a range of fungal pathogens. It has a moderate aqueous solubility and a low volatility. It can be persistent in soils and water-sediment systems depending on local conditions. Risk of leaching to groundwater is low. There are concerns that flusilazole may be a reproduction / developmental toxin and an endocrine disrupter. Oral mammalian toxicity is moderate. For most species ecotoxicity is moderate.
UsesAgricultural fungicide.
UsesFlusilazole is a silicon-containing triazole fungicide. Flusilazole is used to control fungal infections on a variety of fruit and vegetable crops
UsesFlusilazole is a broad spectrum fungicide used to control fungal disease caused by pathogens of the Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes and Deuteromycetes families. Flusilazole exhibits curative and preventative activities and is recommended for use in agriculture, horticulture and viticulture. Diseases controlled include eyespot, mildew, and rusts of cereals, cercospora and rust of sugar beets, leaf spots of oilseed rape, scab and mildew of pome and stone fruits, mildew and black rot of grapes and Sigatoka disease of bananas.
50 in · LD50 in male, female rats (mg/kg): 1110, 674 orally; in rabbits >2000 dermally (Fort, Moberg)
Signs and Symptoms · 1 item
Symptoms include weight loss, weakness, lethargy, alopecia and diarrhoea. At higher dose, prostration, salivation, laboured breathing, convulsions, and loss of righting reflex would be expected. Flusilazole can also cause mild erythema at the site of application.
DefinitionChEBI: Flusilazole is an organosilicon compound that is dimethylsilane in which the hydrogens attached to the silicon are replaced by p-fluorophenyl groups and a hydrogen attached to one of the methyl groups is replaced by a 1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl group. It is a broad-sepctrum fungicide used to protect a variety of crops. It has a role as a xenobiotic, an environmental contaminant, an EC 1.14.13.70 (sterol 14alpha-demethylase) inhibitor and an antifungal agrochemical. It is a member of monofluorobenzenes, a member of triazoles, an organosilicon compound, a conazole fungicide and a triazole fungicide.