5816
J. Agric. Food Chem. 2002, 50, 5816−5824
Determination of Isoxaflutole (Balance) and Its Metabolites in Water Using Solid Phase Extraction Followed by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Ultraviolet or Mass Spectrometry CHUNG-HO LIN,*,† ROBERT N. LERCH,‡ E. MICHAEL THURMAN,§ HAROLD E. GARRETT,† AND MILON F. GEORGE† 203G Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building, University of MissourisColumbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211
Balance (isoxaflutole, IXF) belongs to a new family of herbicides referred to as isoxazoles. IXF has a very short soil half-life (