Persistent phototransformation products of vardenafil (Levitra®) and sildenafil (Viagra®)

Chemosphere

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 557-562

  Herbert, Logan P ^a   Becker Krail, Darius B ^a   Cory, Wendy C ^a  

^a School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental fate; LC MS; Persistence; Pharmaceuticals; Phototransformation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LC-MS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION-MASS SPECTROMETRIES; PERSISTENCE; PHARMACEUTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; PHOTOTRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; PHOTOTRANSFORMATIONS; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; PHOTOTRANSFORMATION PRODUCT; SILDENAFIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARDENAFIL; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DILUTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOLAR RADIATION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONJUGATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PH; PHOTODEGRADATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ANALYSIS; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; WATER POLLUTANT;

SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

HUMIC SUBSTANCES; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PHOTOLYSIS; SILDENAFIL CITRATE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SUNLIGHT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VARDENAFIL DIHYDROCHLORIDE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84930571204     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.12.011     Document Type: Article

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