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The degradation of malathion on stored maize and wheat grains
Author(s) -
Rowlands D. G.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740151202
Subject(s) - malathion , degradation (telecommunications) , hydrolysis , chemistry , food science , toxicology , agronomy , biology , biochemistry , pesticide , telecommunications , computer science
Maize and wheat treated with malathion was stored in sealed jars for 6 months and analysed monthly for malathion and its derivatives. Dimethyl phosphorothiolothionic acid, malathion mono‐acid and malathion di‐acid were identified by thin‐layer chromato‐graphy, but malaoxon and its corresponding derivatives were not detected. The breakdown of malathion under these conditions appears to be hydrolytic rather than oxidative, or both.