Originator: Novatis

Brand name: Program;  

Dosage: not known

Application: Lufenurn is applied as veterinary for flea control, heartworm control, as well as anthelmintic medicine, etc; It is stored in the animal's body fat and transferred to adult fleas through their bite. Adult fleas transfer it to their eggs by its presence in the mother flea's blood, or by the larva feeding on pre-digested blood. It is a benzoylurea insecticide which inhibits the production of chitin in larval fleas, without chitin, a larval flea will never develop an exoskeleton, attacking the ability to create chitin may make Lufenuron a remedy against fungal infections, such as ringworm, it has no known toxic effects at any dosage on humans or other animals in the environment that do not depend on chitin, though the orally-administered pills can sometimes cause an upset stomach with acid reflux. Lufenuron is also sold as a crop protection insecticide by Syngenta for use against lepidoptera, eriophid mites, and Western flower thrips, it’s widely applied on a variet of crops. i.e. soybean, maize. Lufenuron is considered to be an effective anti-fungal in plants, it’s same due to it biochemically inert to mammals, it’s not broken down by the liver or kidkeys. It’s anti-fungal property may be due to it’s inhibiting the synthesis of chitin, which makes up roughly 33% of the typical fungal cell wall. he hazardous "red list" pollutant Dichlorvos.