Biodegradation of bisphenol A and disappearance of its estrogenic activity by the green alga Chlorella fusca var. vacuolata

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1896-1901

  Hirooka, Takashi ^a   Nagase, Hiroyasu ^a   Uchida, Kotaro ^a   Hiroshige, Yuji ^a   Ehara, Yoshie ^a   Nishikawa, Jun Ichi ^a   Nishihara, Tsutomu ^a   Miyamoto, Kazuhisa ^a   Hirata, Zazumasa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Chlorella fusca; Estrogenic activity; Landfill leachate; Monohydroxybisphenol A

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODEGRADATION; CELLS; DEGRADATION; LAND FILL; REMOVAL;

BISPHENOL A (BPA); CHLORELLA FUSCA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTER; LANDFILL LEACHATES;

PHENOLS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; MONOHYDROXYBISPHENOL A; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GREEN ALGA; LANDFILL; LEACHATE;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL LEVEL; CHLORELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GREEN ALGA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LANDFILL LEACHATE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLORELLA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; PHENOLS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

'CHLORELLA' FUSCA; CHLOROPHYTA; SCENEDESMUS VACUOLATUS;

EID: 23744451121     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-259R.1     Document Type: Article

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