Masked mycotoxins

In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about so-called „masked mycotoxins“”, also known as modified or matrix-associated mycotoxins and describes metabolites of mycotoxins. These metabolites of mycotoxins are formed in the plant, for example by...

Metabolites of dimethachlor

Dimethachlor is used to control most annual grasses and broad-leaved weeds. The main metabolites and other known metabolites are found in soil, sediment and groundwater and are of importance with regard to consumer health protection. ASCA GmbH has successfully...

Metabolites of alachlor

Alachlor is an herbicide from the chloroacetanilide family. It is the second most widely used herbicide for control of annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in crops, primarily on corn, sorghum and soybeans in the United States. Use of alachlor is illegal in the European...

Prothioconazole

Prothioconazole is a fungicide of triazolinthiones for use both as a seed treatment and foliar spray to treat a variety of diseases in cereals. Prothioconazole and the transformation product Prothioconazole-S-methyl are detected in the water samples and are of...

Main metabolites of metazachlor

Metazachlor is used as a selective lead herbicide against weedy grasses in cabbage, tobacco, rapeseed and potato crops. The main metabolites of metazachlor are metazachlorosulphonic acid (BH 479-8) and metazachloric acid (BH 479-4). Both metabolites are found in...

Bisphenol A diglycidyl ether metabolites

Due to cytotoxicity and genotoxicity observed in in vitro studies, bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) and its metabolites may pose a health risk to humans. Quantifying exposure is an essential step to assess health risks associated with this compound widely used in...