CycloLab - Cyclodextrin Research & Development Laboratory

Making your good pesticides better


	What benefits can you expect from the molecular entrapment of pesticides with cyclodextrins? • improvement of the physico-chemical characteristics of pesticides (disguised lipophilicity, improved wettability, decreased vapor pressure, enhanced aqueous solubility, etc.) • improvement of shelf-life (improved stability to heat, light, oxygen) • minimizing the container/content interaction in packaged formulations • improved homogeneity and content uniformity in finished products • enhancement of bioavailability of poorly soluble and absorbable pesticides • reduction of the applied dose, minimizing environmental pollution

Most of the above benefits can be attained by cyclodextrin complexation without chemical modification of the active substances. This means that no new chemical entities are introduced just the known, “old” actives are developed in new, molecularly dispersed, stable, water-activated form. (This saves time and money on registration process.) Moreover, cyclodextrins - as enzyme-modified starch derivatives - are non-toxic, and from environmental standpoint they are regarded as biodegradable carbohydrates.

Research & Development - Agrichemical industry