Division of Agricultural Chemicals, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India
*Corresponding author E-mail: madhubangopal@gmail.com
Online published on 25 July, 2013.
Degradation of β-cyfluthrin was examined by the reaction with porcine pancreatic lipase (PPL), a commercially available lipase, using tetrahydrofuran (THF) as the reaction medium. Degradation of the compound was observed during first 6 d of reaction with a half-life of 2 d. Two degradation products were isolated by the preparative TLC technique and were identified as α-cyano-4-fluoro-3-phenoxy-benzyl alcohol, and 3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethyl cyclopropanoic acid.
β-Cyfluthrin, degradation, lipase, metabolites, porcine pancreatic lipase
