Degradation and ecotoxicity of the biomedical drug artemisinin in soil

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 701-710

  Jessing, Karina K ^a   Cedergreen, Nina ^a   Jensen, John ^b   Hansen, Hans C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua L.; Degradation kinetics; Natural toxins; Qinghaosu; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ARTEMISIA ANNUA L.; ARTEMISININ; ATRAZINE; CONCENTRATION RANGES; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ECO TOXICITIES; EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; EISENIA FETIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FIELD CONCENTRATIONS; FIRST-ORDER REACTIONS; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; FRESHWATER ALGAE; INHIBITED GROWTHS; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITIES; LEMNA MINORS; LOAMY SOILS; NATURAL TOXINS; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; QINGHAOSU; SOIL CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL ORGANISMS; WATER SOLUBILITIES;

ALGAE; ANTIGENS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HERBICIDES; METABOLITES; REACTION KINETICS; SOILS; TOXICITY;

DEGRADATION;

ARTEMISININ; ATRAZINE; FRESH WATER;

CLASSIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; DRUG; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GREEN ALGA; HERB; HERBICIDE; INSECT; KINETICS; LEAFY VEGETABLE; PHYTOTOXICITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY;

ALGA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICITY; EXTRACTION; LEACHING; LETTUCE; LOAM SOIL; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEMMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDY SOIL; SOLUBILITY;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ARACEAE; ARTEMISININS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; KINETICS; LETTUCE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ALGAE; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; COLLEMBOLA; EISENIA FETIDA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 64849115821     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-153R.1     Document Type: Article

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