Photocatalytic degradation of cyanobacterial microcystin toxins in water

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1895-1901

  Shephard, G S ^a   Stockenstrom S ^a   De Villiers, D ^b   Engelbrecht, W J ^b   Sydenham, E W ^a   Wessels, G F S ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYANOGINOSIN; LAKE WATER; OXYGEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CYANOBACTERIUM; HALF LIFE TIME; NONHUMAN; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; LIGHT; MICROCYSTINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; OXYGEN; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0032403416     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00110-X     Document Type: Article

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