Nicosulfuron
Nicosulfuron is a sulfonylurea herbicide that inhibits acetolactate synthase (ALS), an enzyme essential for branched‑chain amino acid synthesis in plants. Since ALS is also found in certain microorganisms, the compound …
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Pretilachlor
Pretilachlor is a synthetic chloroacetanilide herbicide widely applied in rice and paddy cultivation to control annual grasses, sedges, broad‑leaved weeds, and floating aquatic plants. It belongs to the chloroacetanilide class …
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Penoxsulam is a triazolopyrimidine sulfonamide herbicide widely used for weed control in rice crops and aquatic environments. It acts by inhibiting acetolactate synthase (ALS) in plants, but mammals lack this …
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Cyhalofop‑butyl is an aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicide, widely applied post‑emergence in agriculture for weed control in rice and aquatic environments. Its primary mode of action is inhibition of acetyl‑CoA carboxylase, a key …
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Sulcotrione is a herbicidal agent in the triketone family. Sulcotrione herbicides are used for weed control in maize and flax crops. In mammalian metabolism studies, sulcotrione was rapidly and completely …
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