Photodegradation of sulfamethoxazole in various aqueous media: Persistence, toxicity and photoproducts assessment

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1292-1298

  Trovó, Alam G ^a   Nogueira, Raquel F P ^a   Agüera, Ana ^b   Sirtori, Carla ^b,c   Fernández Alba, Amadeo R ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Pharmaceuticals; Transformation product

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; IRRADIATION; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATES; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOLYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY;

DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; IRRADIATION EXPERIMENTS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRIES; PHOTOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PHOTOTRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE (SMX); TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

ISOXAZOLE; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; SEA WATER; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOASSAY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRUG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRRADIATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DRUG STRUCTURE; IRRADIATION; ISOMERIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 71649100122     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.09.065     Document Type: Article

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