chlordecone (Kepone)

Uses

• insecticide

Structure

• highly chlorinated polycyclic hydrocarbon

Pathology

• toxic

Pharmacology

• substrate of aldo-keto reductase family 1, member C4

Pharmacokinetics

• resistant to degradation

Laboratory

• chlordecone in blood
• chlordecone in serum/plasma

More general terms

• pesticide

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=299