Phototransformation of sulfamethoxazole under simulated sunlight: Transformation products and their antibacterial activity toward Vibrio fischeri

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 538, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-63

  Gmurek, M ^a   Horn, H ^b   Majewsky, M ^b  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photolysis; Sulfamethoxazole; Toxicity; Transformation products

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; PHOTOLYSIS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT; GROWTH-INHIBITION ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE (SMX); TRANSFORMATION PATHWAYS; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

3 AMINO 5 METHYLISOXAZOLE; 4 HYDROXYSULFAMETHOXAZOLE; 4 NITROSOSULFAMETHOXAZOLE; 4 NITROSULFAMETHOXAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; N4 ACETYLSULFAMETHOXAZOLE; N4 HYDROXYACETYLSULFAMETHOXAZOLE; N4 HYDROXYSULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFACETAMIDE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFANILIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; TOXICITY;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; EC50; ECOTOXICITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; IRRADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SUNLIGHT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; KINETICS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; KINETICS; PHOTOLYSIS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SUNLIGHT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84940196116     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.014     Document Type: Article

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