Description
General description
This certified reference material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 17034. This CRM is traceable to primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST or NMIJ. Certified content by quantitative NMR incl. uncertainty and expiry date are given on the certificate. Download your certificate at: http://www.sigma-aldrich.com
Application
Amiprofos-methyl is an organophosphate herbicide used on maize. It is not listed in the European Union pesticide database. The certified reference material (CRM) is intended to be used as a calibrant for chromatography and other analytical techniques.
Environmental
Biochem/physiol Actions
Herbicide that prevents microtubule polymerization in plant cells, but not animal cells. Crop plants resistant to amiprofos-methyl and several other herbicides have been developed by insertion of a xenobiotic-detoxifying human gene CYP2B6.
Legal Information
TraceCERT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany