Selective photocatalytic oxidation of steroid estrogens in presence of saccharose and ethanol as co-pollutants

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 219-224

  Karpova, Tatyana ^a   Preis, Sergei ^a   Kallas, Juha ^a   Torres, Adélia Luciana Barros ^b  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

17 ethynylestradiol (EE2); Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs); Photocatalysis; Starch; Sucrose; Titanium dioxide; Estradiol (E2)

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ETHANOL; FREE RADICALS; OXIDATION;

17Α-ETHYNYLESTRADIOL (EE2); ALKALINE MEDIA; CO-POLLUTANTS; CONDITION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ETHYNYLESTRADIOL; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; STEROID ESTROGENS; Β-ESTRADIOL (E2);

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 35648935866     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-007-0103-4     Document Type: Article

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