Chemistry and potential mutagenicity of humic substances in waters from different watersheds in Britain and Ireland

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1502-1516

  Watt, B E ^a   Malcolm, R L ^b   Hayes, M H B ^a   Clark, N W E ^a   Chipman, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chlorination; CPMAS 13C NMR; Fulvic; Humic; Mutagenicity; Neutral sugars

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AMINO ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON; CARBOXYL GROUP; FRESH WATER; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHLORINATION; FRACTIONATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; IRELAND; MUTAGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RIVER; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ASSAYS; CHLORINATION; FRACTIONATION; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC ACIDS; SURFACE WATERS; TITRATION; WATERSHEDS;

AROMATICITY; FULVIC ACIDS; HUMIC ACIDS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MAGNETIC ANGLE SPINNING; MUTAGENICITY;

MACROMOLECULES;

CHLORINATION; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; MUTAGENICITY;

UK, IRELAND;

EID: 0029663344     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00319-3     Document Type: Article

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