Profex Super Insecticide is primarily used to control a wide range of insect pests, including ants, cockroaches, fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes. It is commonly used in residential, commercial, and industrial settings, as well as in agriculture and horticulture.

It is an organophosphorus and synthetic insecticide, it works by potent inhibition of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, after feeding on a treated plant or crawling over a treated leaf, the pest is first paralyzed and then quickly dies.