Toxicity and biodegradability of sulfonamides and products of their photocatalytic degradation in aqueous solutions

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1295-1299

  Baran, Wojciech ^a   Sochacka, Jolanta ^a   Wardas, Władysław ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Photocatalysis; Sulfonamides; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOLUTIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BOD5; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDES;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

SULFACETAMIDE; SULFADIAZINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFATHIAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOLUTIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGA; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SULFUR COMPOUND; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGAL GROWTH; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADABILITY; CATALYST; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; ILLUMINATION; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 33748901214     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.04.040     Document Type: Article

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