Kaur I, Mathur R P, Tandon S N, Dureja P
Department of Biosciences and Biotechnology, University of Roorkee, India.
Biomed Chromatogr. 1997 Nov-Dec;11(6):352-5. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0801(199711)11:6<352::AID-BMC691>3.0.CO;2-7.
Metabolism of malathion (O,O,-dimethyl S-[1,2-bis(ethoxy carbonyl)-ethyl]phosphorodithioate) has been studied in plants, water and soil. A number of products identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), have been formed by de-esterification, oxidation and hydrolysis of malathion. Hydrolysis of the P-S and C-S bonds occur in alkaline pH 8.0 and acidic pH 5.5, respectively.
