Antibacterial activity of sulfamethoxazole transformation products (TPs): General relevance for sulfonamide TPs modified at the para position

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1821-1828

  Majewsky, Marius ^a   Wagner, Danny ^a   Delay, Markus ^a   Bräse, Stefan ^a,b   Yargeau, Viviane ^c   Horn, Harald ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL RESPIRATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DECOMPOSITION; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; EC50; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLYSIS;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOLYSIS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 84908063184     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx500267x     Document Type: Article

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