Bromopropylate

This certified reference material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 17034. This CRM is traceable to primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST or NMIJ.
Certified content by quantitative NMR incl. uncertainty and expiry date are given on the certificate.
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Bromopropylate is a nonsystemic and nonpenetrating acaricide that remains on the peel of fruits and does not migrate into the pulp. It belongs to the family of organophosphate pesticides and is used in the cultivation of lemon trees and other crops. Bromopropylate primarily acts by interfering with the respiratory system. It affects the mitochondria by inhibiting key enzymatic activities and ATP generation, which leads to the formation of reactive oxygen species, and destroys proteins, membranes, unsaturated fatty acids, DNA, etc.

Bromopropylate has to be monitored in the Multiannual Control Programme for Pesticides Residues (MACP), run within the EU and EFTA in/on products of plant origin.


The use of bromopropylate has been banned across the European Union. Maximum residue levels (MRLs) have been set according to Reg. (EU) No 310/2011 for bromopropylate for various products of plant and animal origin from 0.01 to 0.05 mg/kg.

The certified reference material (CRM) is intended to be used as a calibrant for chromatography and other analytical techniques. Bromopropylate CRM may also find following uses:

• To elucidate the inhibition of plasma and brain acetylcholinesterase activity in Wistar rats with a mixture of 5 pesticides: chlorpyrifos, alphacypermetrin, bromopropylate, carbendazim, and mancozeb
• Study the degradation processes of bromopropylate, coumaphos, chlordimeform, cymiazole, flumethrin, and fluvalinate in aqueous media by HPLC
• To develop a liquid-phase microextraction method using deep eutectic solvent for extraction and preconcentration of diazinon, metalaxyl, bromopropylate, oxadiazon, and fenazaquin pesticides from samples such as grape and sour cherry juices, fresh beet, cucumber, potato, and tomato followed by gas chromatography-flame ionization detection
• To develop a multi-residue method for the determination of azinphos methyl, bromopropylate, chlorpyrifos, dimethoate, parathion methyl, and phosalone in apricots and peaches using negative chemical ionization ion trap technology
• Simultaneous determination of amitraz, bromopropylate, coumaphos, cymiazole, and fluvalinate residues in honey by solid-phase extraction and GC-MS

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