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Lindane, also known as gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH), gammaxene, Gammallin and benzene hexachloride (BHC), is an organochlorine chemical and an isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane that has been used both as an agricultural insecticide and as a pharmaceutical treatment for lice and scabies.
Lindane is used to treat scabies (mites that attach themselves to the skin) and lice (small insects that attach themselves to the skin on the head or pubic area ['crabs']). Lindane is in a class of medications called scabicides and pediculicides. It works by killing lice and mites.
Lindane. Lindane (γ-hexachlorocyclohexane; γ-HCH) (CAS No. 58-89-9) is used as an insecti-cide on fruit and vegetable crops, for seed treatment and in forestry. It is also used as a therapeutic pesticide in humans and animals. Several countries have restricted the use of lindane.
Jun 13, 2005 · Lindane is an ectoparasiticide and ovicide used in the treatment of Pediculosis humanis capitis (head lice) and Phthirus pubis (crab lice). Generic Name. Lindane. DrugBank Accession Number. DB00431. Background. An organochlorine insecticide that has been used as a pediculicide and a scabicide.
Ectoparasiticide. An ectoparasiticide is an antiparasitic drug used in the treatment of ectoparasitic infestations. [1] These drugs are used to kill the parasites that live on the body surface. Permethrin, sulfur, lindane, dicophane, benzyl benzoate, ivermectin and crotamiton are well known ectoparasiticides. [2]
Toxicokinetics. Lindane is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, the respiratory tract, and skin. The metabolism of lindane is complex and involves a number of pathways depending on which isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) is involved (lindane is the gamma (γ) isomer). It is nonetheless rapid.
