Ecotoxicity studies of the levulinate ester series

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1484-1493

  Lomba, Laura ^a   Muñiz, Selene ^b   Pino, Ma Rosa ^a   Navarro, Enrique ^b   Giner, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN JORGE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Butyl levulinate; Ethyl levulinate; Lethal concentration; Levulinic acid; Methyl levulinate

Indexed keywords

BUTYL LEVULINATE; ETHYL LEVULINATE; LEVULINIC ACID; METHYL LEVULINATE; OXOACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESTER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; CRUSTACEAN; EARTHWORM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOLVENT; TOXICITY;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA MAGNA; EARTHWORM; EC50; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; CHLAMYDOMONAS; DAPHNIA; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; OLIGOCHAETA; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTERS; LEVULINIC ACIDS; OLIGOCHAETA; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84912043438     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-014-1290-y     Document Type: Article

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