Paraquat
Paraquat
- Category
- herbicide · Bipyridyl herbicide
- Record
- specific compound · restricted
- Identifiers
- CAS 4685-14-7 · C12H14N2
- Aliases
- Paraquat dichloride
Bipyridyl herbicide. Seed assessments emphasise mitochondrial and redox activity. Classical estrogen or androgen receptor activity is not scored.
CAS is the cation. Formulations commonly use the dichloride (CAS 1910-42-5). Status is jurisdiction-dependent.
Flags: environmental chemical
Phase-1 numbers are seed hypotheses. They are not curated consensus, not a toxicity total, and not a statement of human risk. Association is not written as causation.
| Context | Life stage | Type | Dose metric | Real-world relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Experimental high-exposure models Experimental doses used in mitochondrial and redox studies. | adult | experimental | administered dose | low |
Occupationally exposed adults Occupational context. Ordinary dietary exposure is not implied. | adult | occupational · occupational | unknown | moderate |