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Propiconazole
General Information
- Product Names:
Tilt (Sygenta)
Banner (Sygenta)
Orbit (Syngenta)
Quilt (Syngenta) formulated with Azoxystrobin
Prop-Shield (Syngenta)
Colony (Syngenta)
Riverdale Banderole (Nufarm)
Busan 1366 (Buckman Laboratories)
Fitness (Loveland)
Preventol (Lanxess)
Wocosen (Janssen)
Safetray (Janssen)
Kestrel (United Phosphorus)
Fathom (Prokoz)
- Chemical Class: Azole
- Uses: Controls bacteria, fungi, viruses, also used as a wood preservative
- Alternatives: Organic agriculture
- Beyond Pesticides rating:
Health and Environmental Effects
- Cancer: Possibly ()
- Endocrine Disruption: No
- Reproductive Effects: No
- Neurotoxicity: No
- Kidney/Liver Damage: Yes ()
- Sensitizer/ Irritant: No
- Birth/Developmental: No
- Detected in Groundwater: Not documented
- Potential Leacher: Not documented
- Toxic to Birds: Not documented
- Toxic to Fish/Aquatic Organisms: Yes ()
- Toxic to Bees: Not documented
Residential Uses as Found in the ManageSafe™ Database
Additional Information
- Regulatory Status:
- Supporting information:
- Studies:
- Chronic exposure to the fungicide propiconazole: Behavioral and reproductive evaluation of F1 and F2 generations of male rats.. Vieira ML, Costa NO, Pereira MRF, et al. 2017. Toxicology. 389:85-93.
- Mammary Gland Development in Male Rats Perinatally Exposed to Propiconazole, Glyphosate, or their Mixture. . Gomez, A.L., Altamirano, G.A., Alcaraz, M.R., Montemurro, M., Schierano-Marotti, G., Oddi, S.L., Culzoni, M.J., Muñoz-de-Toro, M., Bosquiazzo, V.L. and Kass, L., 2023. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, p.104184.
- Thyroid under Attack: The Adverse Impact of Plasticizers, Pesticides, and PFASs on Thyroid Function. Rodrigues, V.G. et al. (2024) Thyroid under Attack: The Adverse Impact of Plasticizers, Pesticides, and PFASs on Thyroid Function, Endocrines. Available at: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-396X/5/3/32.
- Pesticides and prostate cancer incidence and mortality: An environment-wide association study. Soerensen, S. et al. (2024) Pesticides and prostate cancer incidence and mortality: An environment-wide association study, Cancer. Available at: https://acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.35572.
- Triazole pesticides exposure impaired steroidogenesis associated to an increase in AHR and CAR expression in testis and altered sperm parameters in chicken. Serra, L., Bourdon, G., Estienne, A., Fréville, M., Ramé, C., Chevaleyre, C., Didier, P., Chahnamian, M., Ganier, P., Pinault, F., Froment, P., & Dupont, J. (2023). Triazole pesticides exposure impaired steroidogenesis associated to an increase in AHR and CAR expression in testis and altered sperm parameters in chicken. Toxicology reports, 10, 409–427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2023.03.005
- Cardiotoxicity and triazole pesticides: therapeutic options for a neglected heart disease. Souza, D. and Roman-Campos, D. (2025) Cardiotoxicity and triazole pesticides: therapeutic options for a neglected heart disease, Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14779072.2025.2476124.
- Fate of pesticide residues in beer and its by-products. Hakme, E., Kallehauge Nielsen, I., Fermina Madsen, J., Storkehave, L. M., Skjold Elmelund Pedersen, M., Schulz, B. L., … Duedahl-Olesen, L. (2023). Fate of pesticide residues in beer and its by-products. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, 41(1), 45–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2023.2282557
- Combined exposure to sublethal concentrations of an insecticide and a fungicide affect feeding, ovary development and longevity in a solitary bee. Sgolastra Fabio, Arnan Xavier, Cabbri Riccardo, Isani Gloria, Medrzycki Piotr, Teper Dariusz and Bosch Jordi 2018Combined exposure to sublethal concentrations of an insecticide and a fungicide affect feeding, ovary development and longevity in a solitary beeProc. R. Soc. B.28520180887
http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0887