Pathway of 17β-estradiol degradation by Nitrosomonas europaea and reduction in 17β-estradiol-derived estrogenic activity

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Nakai, Satoshi ^a,b   Yamamura, Anri ^a   Tanaka, Shou ^a   Shi, Jianghong ^a,c   Nishikawa, Megumi ^a   Nakashimada, Yutaka ^a,b   Hosomi, Masaaki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Beijing Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Degradation product; Dehydration; Estratetraenol; Nitrosomonas europaea

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; DEHYDRATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROORGANISMS; PHASE SEPARATION;

% REDUCTIONS; 17Β-ESTRADIOL; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; ESTRATETRAENOL; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; EUROPAEA; NATURAL ESTROGEN; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; SYNTHETIC ESTROGENS;

DEGRADATION;

NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

EID: 79952068102     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-010-0308-9     Document Type: Article

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