Zhejiang Open University 1 article published in JoVE Environment Elucidating the Metabolism of 2,4-Dibromophenol in Plants Juan Wu1, Xindong Yang2, Qianwen Wang3, Qinghua Zhou1, Anping Zhang2, Jianqiang Sun1 1Key Laboratory of Microbial Control Technology for Industrial Pollution in Zhejiang Province, College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, 2International Joint Research Center for Persistent Toxic Substances (IJRC-PTS), College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology, 3Research and Teaching Center of Agriculture, Zhejiang Open University The present protocol describes a simple and efficient method for the identification of 2,4-dibromophenol metabolites in plants.