Degradation of the antibiotic amoxicillin by photo-Fenton process - Chemical and toxicological assessment

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1394-1402

  Trovó, Alam G ^a   Pupo Nogueira, Raquel F ^a   Agüera, Ana ^b   Fernandez Alba, Amadeo R ^b   Malato, Sixto ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation processes; Degradation pathway; Hydrolysis; LC TOF MS; Pharmaceuticals; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; OXALIC ACID; OXIDATION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; TOXICITY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; AMOXICILLIN; DEGRADATION INTERMEDIATES; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; IRON SPECIES; LC-TOF-MS; PHOTO-FENTON PROCESS; PROCESS CHEMICALS; TOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

ACETIC ACID; ALDEHYDE; AMMONIA; AMOXICILLIN; BENZOIC ACID; BETA LACTAM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FERROUS SULFATE; METHYL GROUP; NITRATE; OXALIC ACID; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM FERRIOXALATE; PROPIONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOASSAY; CRUSTACEAN; DEGRADATION; DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; INHIBITION; IRON; MOBILITY; NEONATE; OXALATE; OXIDATION; POTASSIUM; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DAPHNIA; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; DRUG OXIDATION; DRUG TOXICITY; FENTON REACTION; HYDROXYLATION; IRRADIATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 78650535643     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.10.029     Document Type: Article

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