Term Name: | proherbicide |
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Synonyms: | pro-herbicide, pro-herbicides, proherbicides |
Definition: | 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. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:136646] ( EBI ) |