Term Name: | propesticide |
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Synonyms: | pro-pesticide, pro-pesticides, propesticides |
Definition: | A prodrug that, on administration, undergoes chemical conversion by biochemical (enzymatic), chemical (possibly following an enzymatic step), or physical (e.g. photochemical) activation processes before becoming the pharmacologically active pesticide for which it is a propesticide. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:136643] ( EBI ) |