Metobromuron: Acetylation of the Aniline Moiety as a Detoxification Mechanism
- 24 April 1970
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 168 (3930), 482-483
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.168.3930.482
Abstract
p-Bromoaniline is rapidly acetylated by four soil microorganisms. Two fungal species convert metobromuron to p-bromoacetanilide, but a bacterial and an algal species do not metabolize metobromuron. Acetylation may serve as a detoxification mechanism by competing with azobenzene formation in utilizing the aniline formed by metabolism of substituted urea herbicides.Keywords
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