Potential for biodegradation and sorption of acetaminophen, caffeine, propranolol and acebutolol in lab-scale aqueous environments

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 183, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 242-250

  Lin, Angela Yu Chen ^a   Lin, Chih Ann ^a   Tung, Hsin Hsin ^a   Chary, N Sridhara ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Distribution coefficient (Kd); Emerging contaminants; Pharmaceuticals; Sorption

Indexed keywords

ACEBUTOLOL; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; AQUEOUS SYSTEM; BATCH STUDIES; BIODEGRADATION EXPERIMENTS; CORRELATION EQUATION; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; IONIC COMPOUNDS; PHARMACEUTICALS; PRIMARY MECHANISM; REMOVAL MECHANISM; SORPTION PROCESS;

DEGRADATION; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIODEGRADATION;

ACEBUTOLOL; CAFFEINE; PARACETAMOL; PROPRANOLOL; WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; DRUG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SORPTION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DESORPTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

ACEBUTOLOL; ACETAMINOPHEN; ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CAFFEINE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PROPRANOLOL; SENSORY SYSTEM AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77956447254     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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