| Term Name: | metam-sodium |
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| Synonyms: | Carbam, carbam-sodium, carbathion, metam, metam-sodium, metham, methylcarbamodithioic acid, sodium salt, methyldithiocarbamic acid sodium salt, Sectagon, SMDC, sodium metam, sodium methylcarbamodithioate, sodium methyldithiocarbamate, sodium N-methylcarbamodithioate, Vapam |
| Definition: | An organic sodium salt resulting from the formal reaction of methylcarbamodithioic acid with 1 mol eq. sodium hydroxide. It is used as an agricultural pesticide, mainly as a broad spectrum soil fumigant for the control of weeds, nematodes, soil-borne insects and fungi. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:81737] ( EBI ) |