ECTOMETHRIN 5 % EMULSION 50 ML

ABOUT PERMETHRIN SYNTHETIC PYRETHROID ANTIPARASITIC PEDICULICIDE SCABICIDE. MECHANISM OF ACTION OF PERMETHRIN PERMETHRIN EXERTS ITS ACTION BY INHIBITING SODIUM ION CHANNEL AND DELAYS DEPOLARIZATION. THIS WILL LEADS TO (NEURONAL) PARALYSIS OF INSECTS. PERMETHRIN KILLS INSECTS BY STRONGLY EXCITING THEIR NERVOUS SYSTEMS. IT MAKES THE NERVOUS SYSTEM HYPERSENSITIVE TO STIMULI FROM SENSE ORGANS. INSTEAD OF SENDING A SINGLE IMPULSE IN RESPONSE TO A STIMULUS PERMETHRIN-EXPOSED NERVES SEND A SERIES OF IMPULSES. THIS EXCITATION OCCURS BECAUSE PERMETHRIN BLOCKS THE MOVEMENT OF SODIUM IONS FROM OUTSIDE TO INSIDE OF THE NERVE CELLS. IT IS ACTIVE AGAINST A BROAD RANGE OF PESTS INCLUDING LICE TICKS FLEAS MITES AND OTHER ARTHROPODS.