Definition
ChEBI: Prosulfuron is a member of triazines.
Agricultural Uses
Herbicide: Used as a post-emergence herbicide on corn and cereals such as barley, millet, oats, rye, sorghum and wheat. Used on sugar cane in some countries. Currently registered in some EU countries. Registered for use in the U.S.
Trade name
CGA®-152005; EXCEED®; PEAK®; SPIRIT®
Metabolic pathway
As shown below, the degradation profiles of
prosulfuron by hydrolysis, mammal, soil
microorganism, plant, plant microsome, and soil are well investigated. In addition to the degradation
products derived by the common cleavage reaction of
the sulfonylurea linkage, the predominant
hydroxylation reaction occurs on the phenyl ring and
the trifluoropropyl side chain by mammal and soil
microorganisms, resulting in the formation of the
hydroxylated metabolites which mostly retain the
sulfonylurea moiety in the structures.
