Degradation of 17α-ethinylestradiol by ozonation - Identification of the by-products and assessment of their estrogenicity and toxicity

Environment International

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-72

  Larcher, Simone ^a   Delbès, Geraldine ^a   Robaire, Bernard ^a   Yargeau, Viviane ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

17 Ethinylestradiol (EE2); 17 Estradiol (E2); Estrogenicity; Testosterone; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; OZONE; OZONIZATION; PHENOLS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE; TISSUE; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENICITY; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; LOW LEVEL; MONITORING EFFECT; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PARENT COMPOUNDS; PHENOLIC RINGS; TESTOSTERONE; YES ASSAY;

OZONE WATER TREATMENT;

ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; OZONE; TESTOSTERONE;

DEGRADATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HISTOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; OZONE; REACTION KINETICS; TESTOSTERONE; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OZONATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

RATTUS;

EID: 80155140295     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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