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atrazine

[′a·trə‚zēn]
(chemistry)
C8H14ClN5 A white crystalline compound widely used as a photosynthesis-inhibiting herbicide for weeds.
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What I found most troubling was the number of atrazine lineage rats in the F3 generation with two or more health issues.
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The report found that nearly 30 million Americans have atrazine in their tap water -- and that Texans who live near sorghum or corn-growing areas are more likely to have contaminated drinking water.
Report: Toxic herbicide found in many Texans' drinking water
What is atrazine and why is it harmful?Atrazine is a herbicide used in the past to kill weeds in agricultural crops.
Groundwater in Zitny Ostrov is contaminated
Caffeine (98%, CAS 5808-2) and atrazine (99%, CAS 1912-24-9) were purchased from Fluka Analytical (USA), whereas carbamazepine (99%, CAS 298-46-4) was obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (USA).
Method Development for Assessing Carbamazepine, Caffeine, and Atrazine in Water Sources from the Brazilian Federal District Using UPLC-QTOF/MS
Regarding atrazine + mesotrione, it was observed greater toxicity than or equal to 80% for all species of crotalaria and plants death at the highest dose (Figure 2a).
Differential tolerance of crotalaria species to herbicides
Treatments were randomly assigned with four replicates each across seven treatments (n = 28) including: control, atrazine (200 [micro]g/L), metolachlor (100 [micro]g/L), carbaryl (100 [micro]g/L), chlorothalonil (100 [micro]g/L), atrazine + metolachlor (200 [micro]g/L + 100 [micro]g/L), and carbaryl + chlorothalonil (100 [micro]g/L + 100 [micro]g/L).
Effects of individual and combined pesticide commercial formulations exposure to egestion and movement of common freshwater snails, Physa acuta and Helisoma anceps
In this process, about 100.0 mg of ALG/ESC and ALG/ESC-Ca[Cl.sub.2] were immersed in 0.2 mL of alcoholic solutions of atrazine and diuron with the concentration of 5.[10.sup.-3] mol x [L.sup.-1] for 24 h at room temperature.
A New Environmentally Safe Formulation and of Low Cost for Prolonged Release System of Atrazine and Diuron
According to the Atrazine Health and Safety Guide published by the World Health Organization (1990), cardiac toxicity was observed in dogs after long-term oral administration of atrazine and studies on rats have shown that atrazine and its metabolites bind effectively to red blood cells and to the tissues of some of the major organs.
Atrazine in Kentucky drinking water intermethod comparison of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency analytical methods 507 and 508.1
For identification and quantitative determination of fipronil and atrazine, a high-performance liquid chromatography HPLC (Varian, model 920-LC) operating with a diode array detector (DAD; [micro]=220nm) was used.
Degradation and sorption of fipronil and atrazine in Latossols with organic residues from sugarcane crop/ Degradacao e sorcao de fipronil e atrazina em Latossolos com resi'duos organicos da cultura de cana-de-acucar
Suppression of JKT-1 cell proliferation by 24-h exposure to various doses of atrazine. Values shown are the percent change in cell number compared with control (steroid-free medium containing DMSO) given as the mean [+ or -] SE of three independent experiments.
Comment on "effects of trazine on estrogen receptor [alpha]- and G protein-coupled receptor 30-mediated signaling and proliferation in cancer cells and cancer-associated Fibroblasts"
A and Kundu S., Effect of dose and time of atrazine application on weeds in maize (Zea mays) under midhill conditions of North-western Himalayas.
Integration of various chemical herbicide on weed management and yield of kharif maize (Zea mays L.)
Atrazine (ATR, CAS# 1912-24-9; 98% purity) was obtained from ChemServices (West Chester, PA).
Oral Exposure to Atrazine Induces Oxidative Stress and Calcium Homeostasis Disruption in Spleen of Mice

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