A compound that, on administration, must undergo chemical conversion by biochemical (enzymatic), chemical (possibly following an enzymatic step), or physical (e.g. photochemical) activation processes before becoming the pharmacologically active herbicide for which it is a proherbicide.
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Definition :
A racemate comprising equimolar amounts of haloxyfop-P-etotyl and its less active enantiomer, (S)-haloxyfop-etotyl. It is a proherbicide (by ester hydrolysis to give the corresponding carboxylic acid) used to control annual and perennial grass weeds.