Metalaxyl: Persistence, degradation, metabolism, and analytical methods

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 164, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-26

  Sukul, Premasis ^a   Spiteller, Michael ^b  

^a BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FUNGICIDE; METALAXYL;

ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEAT; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; RAT; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTANT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HEAT; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANTS; RATS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034592833     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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