Research Article

Biodegradation of Aged Residues of Atrazine and Alachlor in a Mix-Load Site Soil by Fungal Enzymes

Table 1

A list of the compounds monitored by HPLC and % recovery at the 95% level of confidence. All compounds were purchased from ChemService, Inc. (West Chester, Pa) and used as received.

Label% Recovery

AtrazineCIET100.5 ± 5.8
Atrazine deethylCIAT38.2 ± 3.2
Atrazine deethyl-2-hydroxyOIAT8.04 ± 2.4
Atrazine-2-hydroxyOIET8.00 ± 1.7
Atrazine deethyl deisopropyl-2-hydroxyOAAT23.8 ± 7.9
Atrazine deethyl deisopropylCAAT24.8 ± 6.4
Atrazine deisopropylCEAT16.3 ± 1.8
AlachlorAL97.1 ± 8.7
2-chloro-2′,6′-diethylacetamilideDMA100.6 ± 9.2
2,6-diethylanalineDIE50.1 ± 7.4
CyanazineCY87.6 ± 5.4
MetolachlorME84.6 ± 6.5
SimazineSI86.4 ± 7.6
Simazine hydroxySIOH
AnilineANI44.02 ± 11