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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 9.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Occup Environ Health. 2009 Oct–Dec;15(4):339–350. doi: 10.1179/oeh.2009.15.4.339

TABLE 1.

Pesticide Urinary Metabolites included in the Analysis with Analyte, Parent Chemical, and Limit of Detection

Pesticide
Urinary
Metabolites
Analyte Parent Chemical Limit of
Detection
ng/mL
Organophosphorus insecticides
  TCPy 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol chlorpyrifos;
chlorpyrifos methyl
0.2
  CMHC 3-chloro-4-methyl-7-hydroxycoumarin coumaphos 0.2
  IMPY 2-isopropyl-4-methyl-6-hydroxypyrimidinol diazinon 0.7
  CIT 5-chloro-1,2-dihydro-1-isopropyl-[3H]-1,2,4-triazol-
3-one
isazaphos 1.5
  MDA malathion dicarboxylic acid malathion
  PNP para-nitrophenol parathion;
methyl parathion
0.1
  DEAMPY 2-diethylamino-6-methyl pyrimidin-4-ol primiphos methyl 0.2
Pyrethroid insecticides
  4F3PBA 4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzoic acid cyfluthrin 0.2
  DBCA cis-2,2-(dibromo)-2-dimethylvinylcyclopropane
carboxylic acid
deltamethrin 0.1
  CCC cis-2,2-(dichloro)-2-dimethylvinylcyclopropane
carboxylic acid
permethrin;
cypermethrin; cyfluthrin
0.2
  CDCA cis-3-(2,2-dimethylvinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane
dicarboxylic acid
allethrin; resmethrin 0.3
  3PBA 3-phenoxybenzoic acid general pyrethroid
metabolite
0.1
  TCC trans-2,2-(dichloro)-2-dimethylvinylcyclopropane
carboxylic acid
permethrin;
cypermethrin; cyfluthrin
0.4
Herbicides
  2,4-D 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid   same 0.2
  2,4,5-T 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid   same 0.1
  ACE acetochlor mercapturate acetochlor 0.1
  ALA alachlor mercapturate alachlor 0.1
  ATZ atrazine mercapturate atrazine 0.3
  MET metolachlor mercapturate metolachlor 0.2