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. 2022 Dec 15;10(12):789. doi: 10.3390/toxics10120789

Table 1.

Urinary biomarkers for pyrethroids, chlorpyrifos, and glyphosate.

Biomarker Metabolite Parent Pesticide
3-PBA 3-phenoxybenzoic acid generic metabolite of most pyrethroids, e.g., cypermethrin, deltamethrin, permethrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, etofenprox, tau-fluvalinate, esfenvalerate, fenpropathrin, (but not cyfluthrin or bifenthrin)
4-F-3PBA 4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzoic acid cyfluthrin
cis-DCCA cis-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid cis-permethrin, cis-cypermethrin, cyfluthrin
trans-DCCA trans-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid trans-permethrin, trans-cypermethrin, cyfluthrin
cis-DBCA cis-3-(2,2-dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deltamethrin
CFCA 3-(-2-Chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-enyl)-2,2- dimethyl-cyclopropane-carboxylic acid bifenthrin, λ-cyhalothrin and tefluthrin
TCPy 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl
Gly glyphosate glyphosate
AMPA aminomethylphosphonic acid glyphosate, main environmental biodegradation product of glyphosate