neonicotinoids
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Neonicotinoids (sometimes shortened to neonics ) are a class of neuro-active insecticides chemically similar to nicotine, developed by scientists at Shell and Bayer in the 1980s.
Research
7,188 papers- Neonicotinoids: Spreading, Translocation and Aquatic Toxicity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
- Neonicotinoids: mechanisms of systemic toxicity based on oxidative stress-mitochondrial damage.Archives of toxicology · 2022
- Neonicotinoids Impact All Aspects of Bird Life: A Meta-Analysis.Ecology letters · 2024
- Neonicotinoids: molecular mechanisms of action, insights into resistance and impact on pollinators.Current opinion in insect science · 2018
- Molecular Imprinting Polymer-Based Sensing of Neonicotinoids.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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25 sectionsContents
- History
- Market
- Agricultural usage
- Efficacy
- Seed coatings
- Regulation
- United Kingdom
- United States
- European Union
- EU restrictions on use
- Economic impact
- Canada
- Oceania
- Chemical activity and properties
- Basis of selectivity
- Persistence and half-life
- Environmental and species impact
- Bees
- Birds
- Other wildlife
- Harms to mammalian nervous systems
- Persistence in Humans
- See also
- References
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Neonicotinoids (sometimes shortened to neonics ) are a class of neuro-active insecticides chemically similar to nicotine, developed by scientists at Shell and Bayer in the 1980s.
Nicotine itself was used for centuries as an insecticide, until it was banned in the early 21st century. Neonicotinoids are among the widest-used insecticides in crop protection. They are also widely employed for veterinary purposes including tick and flea control. The first generation of neonicotinoids includes acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, nitenpyram, nithiazine, thiacloprid and thiamethoxam. The more recently marketed generation of neonicotinoids includes cycloxaprid, imidaclothiz, paichongding, sulfoxaflor, guadipyr, and flupyradifurone. Imidacloprid has been the most widely used insecticide in the world from 1999 through .