Photochemical transformation of the thyroid hormone levothyroxine in aqueous solution

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 871-876

  Svanfelt, Jesper ^a   Eriksson, Johan ^a,b   Kronberg, Leif ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental fate; Photolysis; Photoproducts; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

DIIODOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE; WATER;

ABSORBANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HORMONE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIIODOTHYRONINES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOLYSIS; THYROXINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 79960099892     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0450-3     Document Type: Article

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