Biodegradation of poly(propylene glycol)s under the conditions of the OECD screening test

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 928-933

  Zgola Grzeskowiak, Agnieszka ^a   Grzeskowiak, Tomasz ^a   Zembrzuska, Joanna ^a   Franska, Magdalena ^a   Franski, Rafał ^b   Kozik, Tomasz ^b   Lukaszewski, Zenon ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aerobic biodegradation; HPLC; LC MS; Poly(propylene glycol)s

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES;

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; POLY(PROPYLENE GLYCOL)S;

GLYCOLS;

CHLOROFORM; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; GLYCOLS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; CHLOROFORM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; OECD; ORGANIC CARBON;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DERIVATIZATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 33846291837     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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