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... Adsorption of ametryne exceeded that of atrazine on soil and montmorillonite at both low and high pH. Ametryne (pKₐ ≅ 4.0) showed a greater increase in adsorption with decrease in pH than atrazine (pKₐ = 1.68). Addition of charcoal to soil masked the effect of soil pH on ametryne adsorption. Adsorption of ametryne on charcoal decreased at the low pH values conducive to ametryne protonation, demons ...
... The effect of pH on the adsorption of 16 structurally related s-triazines by Na-montmorillonite was investigated. Slurry type adsorption techniques were used. The compounds included ametryne, desmetryne, prometryne, GS 14253, GS 14260, GS 16065, atrazine, SD-15418, dyrene, atratone, prometone, GS 28533, melamine, ammeline, ammelide, and benzoguanamine. Maximum adsorption occurred at pH levels in t ...
... Ametryn is a representative of a class of s-triazine herbicides absorbed by plant roots and leaves and characterized as a photosynthesis inhibitor. It is still in use in some countries in the farming of pineapples, soybean, corn, cotton, sugar cane or bananas; however, due to the adverse effects of s-triazine herbicides on living organisms use of these pesticides in the European Union has been ban ...
acetochlor; alachlor; ametryn; analytical methods; atrazine; drinking water; groundwater; herbicide residues; human health; metolachlor; simazine; sugarcane; water pollution; China
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... This work investigated drinking water contamination by 11 commonly used herbicides in sugarcane production areas in Guangxi, China. The work developed an analytical method for determination of these herbicides in environmental waters. This work studied herbicide residues in drinking water in Guangxi, China. The maximum residues and percent of detects were: (0.091 µg/L, 29.2%, atrazine), (0.018 µg/ ...
... In this work, the uncertainty estimation for the determination of ametryn, carbofuran, atrazine, carbaryl, and methyl parathion in papaya and avocado is presented, along with other validation parameters. The analytical method was developed using Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe extraction and ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography coupled to a triple quadrupole mass detector. T ...
... Widespread, high-volume use and subsequent off-site transport of herbicides, specifically photosystem II inhibitors (PSII), on agricultural and noncultivated lands in south Florida has resulted in frequent detections in freshwater systems. In light of the current restoration efforts as part of the Comprehensive Environmental Restoration Plan (CERP), increased water flows containing detectable herb ...
... Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP utilizes the human-made s-triazine herbicide atrazine as the sole nitrogen source. The results reported here demonstrate that atrazine and the atrazine degradation intermediates N-isopropylammelide and cyanuric acid are chemoattractants for strain ADP. In addition, the nonmetabolized s-triazine ametryn was also an attractant. The chemotactic response to these s-triazines ...
... The feasibility of using banana peel for removal of the pesticides atrazine and ametryne from river and treated waters has been demonstrated, allowing the design of an efficient, fast, and low-cost strategy for remediation of polluted waters. The conditions for removal of these pesticides in a laboratory scale were optimized as sample volume = 50 mL, banana mass = 3.0 g, stirring time = 40 min, an ...
... The soil yeast Lipomyces starkeyi was tested for its ability to degrade triazine herbicides. Polyvinylalcohol (PVA) was employed as a solid medium in culture plates instead of agar. The cell sizes of the control (without nitrogen source) on the PVA gel plate were much smaller than those on the agar gel plate. The difference between the diameters of the sample and control colonies on the PVA gel pl ...
... Echinochloa colona (L.) Link. is one of the most problematic weeds across the world. It is an annual C4 summer grass, native to tropical and subtropical Asia, emerged as a serious and persistent threat in 35 cropping systems in more than 60 countries. E. colona is reported as an important associated weed species in transplanted and direct-seeded rice. Diverse ecotypes, high seed production, short ...
ametryn; atraton; atrazine; carbon; citrates; electrochemistry; electrodes; electrophoresis; evaporation; monitoring; pH; river water
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... A simple analytical scheme for the detection and quantification of amitrol and triazine herbicides (atrazine, ametryn and atraton) and degradation product (2-hydroxyatrazine) in environmental water samples by CZE is reported. On-column preconcentration of analytes from untreated water samples (mineral, spring, tap and river water) is accomplished by introducing an acid plug (200 mM citrate of pH 2 ...
... s-Triazine herbicides (atrazine, ametryn) are groundwater contaminants which may undergo microbial hydrolysis. Previously, inverse nitrogen isotope effects in atrazine degradation by Arthrobacter aurescens TC1 (i) delivered highly characteristic (¹³C/¹²C, ¹⁵N/¹⁴N) fractionation trends for pathway identification and (ii) suggested that the s-triazine ring nitrogen was protonated in the enzyme s-tri ...
... Ametryn (AMT), one of the most widely used herbicides in agriculture, has been frequently detected as a micropollutant in many aquatic environments. AMT residue not only pollutes water but also acts as a precursor for the production of disinfection by-products (DBPs). This study systematically investigated the fate of AMT during the UV/chlorine process. It was observed that the combination of UV i ...
... Seven 1,3,5- triazine (s-triazine) herbicides (ametryn, prometryn, dimethametryn, simazine, atrazine, propazine, and cyanazine) were tested using an amphibian (Silurana tropicalis) metamorphosis assay focusing on morphometric, gravimetric, and thyroid-histological endpoints. Premetamorphic tadpoles were exposed to each s-triazine at 2 concentrations between 1/1000 and 1/10 of the 96-h acute toxici ...
... Sorption interactions of plant cuticular matter with organic compounds are not yet fully understood. The objective of this study was to examine the competitive sorption-desorption interactions of the triazine herbicides (atrazine and ametryn) with cuticular fractions isolated from tomato fruits and leaves of Agave americana. The 13C NMR data suggest a rubber-like nature for the cutin. This biopoly ...
ametryn; analytical methods; aquatic environment; atrazine; chemical species; chronic exposure; databases; detection limit; human health; rivers; wastewater; China
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... Long-term exposure of contaminants to emerging concern (CECs) may pose risks to human health and ecosystems, even at low concentrations. Rivers impacted by both agricultural and urban activities experience distinctive environmental pressures due to receiving wastewaters that contain complex organics and their transformation products (TPs). In this study, we developed a regional database composed o ...
European Union; ametryn; atrazine; detection limit; experimental design; factor analysis; food contamination; gas chromatography; herbicide residues; ions; mass spectrometry; maximum residue limits; oranges; prometryn; simazine; simetryn; solid phase extraction; temperature; terbuthylazine; terbutryn
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... The determination of triazines in oranges using a GC–MS system coupled to a programmed temperature vaporizer (PTV) inlet in the context of legislation is performed. Both pretreatment (using a Quick Easy Cheap Effective Rugged and Safe (QuEChERS) procedure) and injection steps are optimized using D-optimal experimental designs for reducing the experimental effort. The relative dirty extracts obtain ...
... An electrochemical DNA-biosensor has been used to investigate the interactions between DNA and members of a group of ten derivatives of 1,3,5-triazine herbicides: chloro-s-triazines (atrazine, propazine, terbutylazin, and cyanazin), thiomethyl-s-triazines (ametryn, prometryn, terbutryn, and simetryn), and methoxy-s-triazines (prometon and terbumeton). A UV spectrophotometric study of this group of ...
... This study examined the feasibility of applying thermal-activated persulfate (PS) oxidation for remediation of soil co-contaminated with s-triazine herbicides including Atrazine (ATZ), Simazine (SIM) and Ametryn (AME). Homogeneous activation using heating method (50 °C) was selected. Results showed that thermal-activated PS oxidation process may successfully degrade ATZ in soil and degradation eff ...
ametryn; atrazine; diuron; hexazinone; marine pollution; photosystem II; risk assessment; tebuthiuron; temporal variation; water quality; Great Barrier Reef
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... The Marine Monitoring Program (MMP) was established in 2005 to monitor the inshore health of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and evaluate progress towards water quality objectives in Reef Water Quality Improvement Plans. The MMP provides information on the magnitude and spatial extent of pesticide contamination, reports on temporal variability, and provides a risk assessment for the biota in the GBR ...