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The in vitro and in vivo metabolism of dimethoate by stored wheat and sorghum grains
Author(s) -
Rowlands D. G.
Publication year - 1966
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.2740170210
Subject(s) - sorghum , in vivo , in vitro , chemistry , metabolism , dimethoate , food science , biochemistry , biology , agronomy , microbiology and biotechnology , pesticide
In vivo and in vitro investigations showed that wheat and sorghum rapidly degrade diniethoate to nontoxic anionic derivatives. Slight oxidation to a toxic analogue occurs but this is similarly degraded.