Ecotoxicity and biodegradability of antielectrostatic dicephalic cationic surfactants

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1103-1111

  Pietka Ottlik, Magdalena ^a   Frackowiak, Renata ^a   Maliszewska, Irena ^a   Kołwzan, Barbara ^a   Wilk, Kazimiera A ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antielectrostatic effect; Antimicrobial activity; Biodegradation; Cationic surfactants; Dicephalic ammonium surfactants; Microtox assay

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOPHYSICS; CHAIN LENGTH; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DYES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; YEAST;

AMMONIUM SURFACTANTS; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIELECTROSTATIC EFFECT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBIC CHAIN LENGTHS; MICROTOX ASSAY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM;

CATIONIC SURFACTANTS;

AMIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BROMIDE; CATIONIC SURFACTANT; CHLORIDE; N,N BIS[3,3' (DIMETHYLAMINE)PROPYL]ALKYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; N,N BIS[3,3' (DIMETHYLAMINE)PROPYL]ALKYLAMIDE DIHYDROCHLORIDE DERIVATIVE; N,N BIS[3,3' (TRIMETHYLAMMONIO)PROPYL]ALKYLAMIDE DIBROMIDE DERIVATIVE; N,N BIS[3,3' (TRIMETHYLAMMONIO)PROPYL]ALKYLAMIDE DIMETHYLSULFATE DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIODEGRADATION; BROMIDE; CATION; CHLORIDE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROPHOBICITY; INHIBITOR; OXIC CONDITIONS; SURFACTANT; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; YEAST;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIODEGRADABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ECOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84865727756     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.05.090     Document Type: Article

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