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Hydrolytic Transformation of Environmental Pollutants

D. J. Ecobichon

10.1002/cphy.cp090127

Source: Supplement 26: Handbook of Physiology, Reactions to Environmental Agents

Originally published: 1977

Published online: January 2011

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Ester Hydrolysis
2 Organophosphorus Triesters
2.1 Phosphorylphosphatases (Fluorophosphatases)
2.2 Arylesterases
2.3 Carboxylesterases
2.4 Carboxyamidase
2.5 Other Hydrolytic Mechanisms
3 Carbamic Acid Esters
4 Pyrethyroid Ester Insecticides
5 Herbicide Esters
6 Phthalic Acid Esters
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D. J. Ecobichon. Hydrolytic Transformation of Environmental Pollutants. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 26: Handbook of Physiology, Reactions to Environmental Agents: 441-454. First published in print 1977. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp090127