Effects of Chlorophenoxy Herbicides and Their Main Transformation Products on DNA Damage and Acetylcholinesterase Activity

Figure 1

Chemical structures of the chlorophenoxy herbicides and their main environmental transformation products: (a) MCPA and mecoprop, (b) 2,4-D and dichlorprop, (c) 4-chloro-2-methylphenol and 2,4-dichlorophenol, and (d) 4-chloro-2-methyl-6-nitrophenol and 2,4-dichloro-6-nitrophenol.

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