A fungicide; inhibits protein synthesis in fungi; inhibits the growth of potato blight fungal isolates from Serbian potato fields (EC50s = 0.3-3.9 μg/ml); induces formation of chromosomal aberrations in human lymphocytes at 300 and 1,000 μg/ml; exhibits aquatic toxicity against S. quadricanda, D. magna, and D. rerio (IC50s = 222.89, 471.95, and 241.98 mg/L, respectively); induces tremors, twitches, tonic extension, ataxia, hypnosis, and lethality in rats (LD50s = 265 and 288.8 mg/kg for female and male rats, respectively)