Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Emamectin is the 4”-deoxy-4”-methylamino derivative of abamectin a 16-membered macrycyclic lactone produced by the fermentation of the soil actinomycete Streptomyces avermitilis.It is generally prepared at the salt with benzoic acid emamectin benzoate which is a white or faintly yellow powder. Emamectin is widely used in the US and Canada as an insecticide because of its chloride channel activation properties.
