Photochemical fate of atorvastatin (lipitor) in simulated natural waters

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 625-631

  Razavi, Behnaz ^a   Ben Abdelmelek, Sihem ^a   Song, Weihua ^a   O'Shea, Kevin E ^b   Cooper, William J ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atorvastatin; Dissolved organic matter; Hydroxyl radical; Photodegradation; Singlet oxygen; Solar simulator

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL; EXCITED STATES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RATE CONSTANTS;

ATORVASTATIN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; HYDROXYL RADICALS; SINGLET OXYGEN; SOLAR SIMULATOR;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ATORVASTATIN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HYDROXYL RADICAL; SINGLET OXYGEN; WATER;

BLOOD; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLYSIS; REACTOR; SIMULATOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 78650414975     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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