Glufosinate (ammonium)

Glufosinate ammonium, a phosphinic acid analogue of glutamic acid, is an herbicide which is converted by plant cells into PT (L-phosphinothricin) . Glufosinate ammonium exerts neurotoxic activity[1][2].

Product Specifications

CAS Number

[77182-82-2]

UNSPSC

12352211

Hazard Statement

H302, H312, H332, H360, H373

Target

Herbicide

Type

Reference compound

Related Pathways

Metabolic Enzyme/Protease

Applications

Neuroscience-Neuromodulation

Field of Research

Neurological Disease

Assay Protocol

https://www.medchemexpress.com/glufosinate-ammonium.html

Purity

99.29

Solubility

H2O : 250 mg/mL (ultrasonic)

Smiles

CP(O)(CCC(N)C(O)=O)=O.N

Molecular Formula

C5H15N2O4P

Molecular Weight

198.16

Precautions

H302, H312, H332, H360, H373

References & Citations

[1]Áy Z, et al. The effect of high concentrations of glufosinate ammonium on the yield components of transgenic spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) constitutively expressing the bar gene. ScientificWorldJournal. 2012;2012:657945.|[2]Feat-Vetel J, et al. Multiple effects of the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium and its main metabolite on neural stem cells from the subventricular zone of newborn mice. Neurotoxicology. 2018 Dec;69:152-163.|[3]Ebert E, et al. Summary of safety evaluation toxicity studies of glufosinate ammonium. Food Chem Toxicol. 1990 May;28 (5) :339-49.