Stabilization of oversaturated aqueous solutions of deltamethrin, a highly lipophilic molecule

Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 1993 Aug;26(1):40-4. doi: 10.1006/eesa.1993.1039.

Abstract

The stability of oversaturated solutions of the highly lipophilic molecule deltamethrin under the conditions of continuous agitation and oxygenation by air bubble flow in a toxicologic test on fish embryos was studied. In polyethylene, glass, and Teflon containers, the 24-hr adsorption rate of 1 mg/l solutions was over 80%. Improvement by Sharon and Solomon's PEG-glass pretreatment did not exceed a small percentage. After agarose precoating, the adsorption rate in the glass or polyethylene containers was reduced to about 20%. The stabilizing effect of precoating agarose containers diminished with the concentration of the solution.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Glass*
  • Insecticides / chemistry*
  • Nitriles
  • Polyethylenes*
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene*
  • Pyrethrins / chemistry*
  • Sepharose / chemistry*
  • Solutions

Substances

  • Insecticides
  • Nitriles
  • Polyethylenes
  • Pyrethrins
  • Solutions
  • decamethrin
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene
  • Sepharose