13 Facts About Rotenone

Rotenone is an odorless, colorless, crystalline isoflavone used as a broad-spectrum insecticide, piscicide, and pesticide.

Rotenone wrote about this research in his thesis, published in 1895 after his death from a parasitic disease.

Rotenone is used as a pesticide, insecticide, and as a nonselective piscicide .

Rotenone has historically been used by indigenous peoples to catch fish.

Rotenone has been used by government agencies to kill fish in rivers and lakes in the United States since 1952.

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Rotenone is the most effective tool available because only small quantities are necessary.

Rotenone is used in powdered form to treat scabies and head lice on humans, and parasitic mites on chickens, livestock, and pet animals.

Rotenone is produced by extraction from the roots and stems of several tropical and subtropical plant species, especially those belonging to the genera Lonchocarpus and Derris.

Rotenone is classified by the World Health Organization as moderately hazardous.

Rotenone was continuously applied over a period of five weeks, mixed with DMSO and PEG to enhance tissue penetration, and injected into the jugular vein.

Rotenone was implemented in 2010 to kill an invasive goldfish population present in Mann Lake, with the intention of not disrupting the lake's trout population.

Rotenone is used in biomedical research to study oxygen consumption rate of cells usually in combination with antimycin A, oligomycin and FCCP .

Rotenone can be deactivated in water with the use of potassium permanganate to lower toxicity back down to acceptable levels.