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rotenone

NOUN
  1. a white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals; is used in home gardens; extracted from the roots of derris and cube

How To Use rotenone In A Sentence

  • Once the rotenone is extracted from the mature seeds, the remaining oil is a fine alternative to cottonseed, peanut, or soybean oil.
  • Chief Petty Officer Robert Lanier of the U.S. Coast Guard said workers began dumping a fish toxin called rotenone into the canal about 8 p.m. and would continue the poisoning until some time Thursday morning. Daytondailynews.com - News
  • A toxin called rotenone would first exterminate non-native fish from the nine-mile creek section—an idea that rankles some local anglers—under a proposal by state and federal biologists. Flies, and Their Lawyers, Keep Rare Trout From Going Home
  • The fish poison, called rotenone, will be dumped into the canal just above the barrier on Dec. 3. JSOnline.com
  • Found commonly in a number of wild plants, rotenone makes it impossible for the fish to use oxygen.
  • Before removal of the enclosures the rotenone was detoxified using an equivalent concentration of potassium permanganate.
  • Officials will spread a fish toxin called rotenone near Lockport, Ill., hoping to kill the carp. ABC News: ABCNews
  • He directed his students to study fish poisons a decade or more before derris root went into mass production in the tropics as a source of rotenone, the most important biodegradable insecticide. One River
  • Use insecticidal soap sprays or rotenone to kill this pest.
  • Next, we polarized mitochondria with succinate in the presence of rotenone to examine the effects of proton pumping on the transient depolarizations.
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