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Thiopyridine-n-oxides, thiopyridines, and thiopyrimidines as urease inhibitors

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6876512
This patent describes a method for controlling enzymatic decomposition of urea juxtaposed soil systems, the enzymatic decomposition of the urea being to ammonia and carbonic acid and being due to the action of the enzyme urease thereupon. It is comprised of exposing the enzyme to relatively small, predetermined amounts of a compound.
Assignee:
Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL (USA)
Patent Number(s):
A; US 4932992
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-266963A
OSTI ID:
6876512
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English