Direct photolysis of human metabolites of the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole: Evidence for abiotic back-transformation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 6746-6755

  Bonvin, Florence ^a   Omlin, Julien ^a   Rutler, Rebecca ^a   Schweizer, W Bernd ^b   Alaimo, Peter J ^c   Strathmann, Timothy J ^d   McNeill, Kristopher ^b   Kohn, Tamar ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; DIRECT PHOTOLYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HUMAN METABOLITES; PARENT COMPOUNDS; PHOTOPRODUCTS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; ULTRAPERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOACTIVITY; LAKES; LIGHT SOURCES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOLYSIS;

BIOMOLECULES;

4 NITRO SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; 4 NITROSO SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; DRUG METABOLITE; LAKE WATER; N ACETYL SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE BETA D GLUCURONIDE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; METABOLITE; PH; PHOTOLYSIS; SURFACE WATER; TRANSFORMATION;

ABIOTIC BACK TRANSFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PROCEDURES; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LAKES; PHOTOLYSIS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SUNLIGHT; SWITZERLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LAKE GENEVA;

EID: 84880121640     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303777k     Document Type: Article

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