Chloralose
Chloralose is an avicide, and a rodenticide used to kill mice in temperatures below 15 °C. It is also widely used in neuroscience and veterinary medicine as an anesthetic and sedative.
Chemically, it is a chlorinated acetal derivative of glucose.
It is listed in Annex I of Directive 67/548/EEC with the classification Harmful
Chloralose exerts barbiturate-like actions on synaptic transmission in the brain, including potent effects at inhibitory γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors. A structural isomer of chloralose, β-chloralose, is inactive as a GABAA modulator and also as a general anesthetic.
Chloralose is often abused for its avicide properties. In the United Kingdom, protected birds of prey have been killed using the chemical.
