Direct aqueous injection liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry analysis of water for atrazine, simazine, and their chlorotriazine metabolites

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 713-719

  Huang, Sung Ben ^a   Mayer, Thomas J ^a   Yokley, Robert A ^a   Perez, Rolando ^b  

^a SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

^b ADPEN Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Dealkylated chlorotriazine metabolites; Direct aqueous injection; Good laboratory practices (GLP); Mass spectrometry mass spectrometry; Simazine

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244465164     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf052968q     Document Type: Article

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