Alachlor – 50 mg

Brand:
Cayman
CAS:
15972-60-8
Storage:
-20
UN-No:
- 3077 / 9

Alachlor is an acetanilide herbicide.{54406,54407,54408} It inhibits the growth of Avena seedlings when applied to the root medium by subirrigation at concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 25 mM.{54406} Alachlor (3.4 kg/hectare) reduces wooly cupgrass (E. villosa) emergence by 85% in corn crop fields.{54407} It also reduces emergence of broadleaf signalgrass (B. platyphylla) in peanut crops when applied at planting.{54408} Alachlor (>1 µg/ml) induces sister chromatid exchanges and chromosome aberrations in isolated human peripheral blood lymphocytes.{54409} In vivo, alachlor (126 mg/kg per day) induces olfactory mucosal tumor formation in rats.{54410} Formulations containing alachlor have been used for weed control in agriculture.  

 

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Description

An herbicide; inhibits the growth of Avena seedlings when applied to the root medium by subirrigation from 0.1-25 mM; reduces wooly cupgrass emergence by 85% in corn crop fields at 3.4 kg/hectare; reduces emergence of broadleaf signalgrass in peanut crops when applied at planting; induces sister chromatid exchanges and chromosome aberrations in isolated human peripheral blood lymphocytes at >1 µg/ml; induces olfactory mucosal tumor formation in rats at 126 mg/kg per day


Formal name: 2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)-N-(methoxymethyl)-acetamide

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Molecular weight: 269.8

CAS: 15972-60-8

Purity: ≥95%

Formulation: A crystalline solid