The toxicity of sulfamethazine to Daphnia magna and its additivity to other veterinary sulfonamides and trimethoprim

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1519-1524

  De Liguoro, Marco ^a   Fioretto, Barbara ^b   Poltronieri, Carlo ^a   Gallina, Guglielmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antibacterials; Binary test; Daphnids; Isobologram; Reproduction test

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; AMIDES; ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; CELL PROLIFERATION; MAMMALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY;

ANTIBACTERIALS; BINARY TESTS; DAPHNIDS; ISOBOLOGRAM; REPRODUCTION TESTS;

TESTING;

SULFADIMIDINE; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN;

CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIIDAE; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 67349108280     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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