Lindane

Research use only, not for human use.

An organochlorine insecticide that has been used as a pediculicide and a scabicide.

An organochlorine insecticide that has been used as a pediculicide and a scabicide. Lindane has been banned in California United Kingdom Australia and many western countries due to concerns about neurotoxicity and adverse effects on the environment. In Canada Lindane is not recommmended as a first-line therapy due to reports of resistance neurotoxicity and bone marrow suppression but has been approved by the FDA as a second-line therapy for topical treatment of pediculosis capitis (head lice) pediculosis pubis (pubic lice) or scabies in patients greater than two years of age who cannot tolerate or have failed first-line treatment. Lindane is still allowed for pharmaceutical use until 2015.

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Others

Other Targets

GABAR| GLR

Inflammation/Immunology

Lice And?Scabies

58-89-9

290.83

C6H6Cl6

>98% (HPLC)

DMSO:43 mg/mL

C1(C(C(C(C(C1Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl

123456-hexachlorocyclohexane

(-20℃)

With Ice Pack

≥ 2 years