Persistency assessment and aerobic biodegradation of selected cyclic sesquiterpenes present in essential oils

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1096-1108

  Jenner, Karen J ^a   Kreutzer, Georg ^a   Racine, Philippe ^b  

^a Givaudan SA   (Switzerland)

^b Robertet   (France)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Essential oil; Mixtures; Persistency assessment; Sesquiterpenes

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIODEGRADABILITY TESTS; BIODEGRADATION CURVES; CADINENE; CARBON SKELETON; CARYOPHYLLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GERMACRENE D; ORAL CARE; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; PERSISTENCY ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION MODEL; RESPIROMETRY; SCREENING ASSESSMENT; SESQUITERPENES; STRUCTURAL DOMAINS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; ESSENTIAL OILS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; OLEFINS; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

BIODEGRADATION;

ALPHA CEDRENE; ALPHA GURJUNENE; BISABOLOL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CEDROL; DELTA CADINENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERMACRENE D; HIMACHALENE; HUMULENE; LONGIFOLENE; SESQUITERPENE; THUJOPSENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESSENTIAL OIL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIC CONDITIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETON; TERPENE; TOXICITY;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; OILS, VOLATILE; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SESQUITERPENES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79953759599     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.492     Document Type: Article

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