Hydrolysis of azadirachtin in buffered and natural waters

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1160-1163

  Szeto, Sunny Y ^a   Wan, Michael T ^b  

^a SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aqueous solutions; Azadirachtin; Hydrolysis; Kinetics

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS;

EID: 0000672882     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf950575t     Document Type: Article

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