Aminomethylphosphonic acid

AMPA

Fixed

120 ° C.

Miscible with water

Risk

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Aminomethyl phosphonic acid ( Aminomethylphosphonic Acid, AMPA) is the main degradation product of broadband herbicide glyphosate. AMPA is decomposed by the soil microflora to carbon dioxide, but at a slower degradation rate than glyphosate itself in the environment AMPA was found more frequently and in higher concentrations than glyphosate.