Fungal biodegradation of a phenylurea herbicide, diuron: Structure and toxicity of metabolites

Pest Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 455-462

  Tixier, Céline ^a   Bogaerts, Philippe ^a   Sancelme, Martine ^a   Bonnemoy, Frédérique ^a   Twagilimana, Landoald ^a   Cuer, Annie ^a   Bohatier, Jacques ^a   Veschambre, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Diuron; Metabolites synthesis; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DIURON; HERBICIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; HERBICIDE; METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0034008137     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1526-4998(200005)56:5<455::AID-PS152>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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