A modified vertical distillation system for the microdetermination of dithiocarbamate fungicides as methyl xanthate in fruits and vegetables

Deutsche Lebensmittel-Rundschau

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 60-65

  Schwack, Wolfgang ^a   Waldner, Asja ^a   Nyanzi, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Dithiocarbamate fungicides; Second derivative spectroscopy; Vertical CS2 distillation system; Xanthogenate method

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749090593     PISSN: 00120413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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