Photodegradation of sulfonamides and their N4-acetylated metabolites in water by simulated sunlight irradiation: Kinetics and identification of photoproducts

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 8934-8946

  Periša, Martina ^a   Babić, Sandra ^a   Škorić, Irena ^a   Frömel, Tobias ^b   Knepper, Thomas P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b FRESENIUS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aqueous system; Degradation pathways; Metabolites; Pharmaceuticals; Photolysis; Sulfonamides

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; IRRADIATION; METABOLITE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84891044205     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1836-1     Document Type: Article

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