Degradation of cyclophosphamide and 5-fluorouracil by UV and simulated sunlight treatments: Assessment of the enhancement of the biodegradability and toxicity

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 208, Issue , 2016, Pages 467-476

  Lutterbeck, Carlos Alexandre ^a,b   Wilde, Marcelo Luís ^a   Baginska, Ewelina ^a   Leder, Christoph ^a   MacHado, Ênio Leandro ^b   Kümmerer, Klaus ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CRUZ DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Biodegradation; Cyclophosphamide; Photodegradation; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BOTTLES; CARBON; DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTRIC LAMPS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY VAPOR LAMPS; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOLYSIS; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET LAMPS;

5-FLUOROURACIL; 5-FLUOROURACIL (5-FU); CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GENERAL POPULATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

BIODEGRADATION; DRUG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANALYSIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TOXICITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CLOSED BOTTLE TEST; DEGRADATION; GENERAL DEVICE; GENOTOXICITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MERCURY LAMP; MINERALIZATION; MUTAGENICITY; NON PURGEABLE ORGANIC CARBON ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SUNLIGHT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET LAMP; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XENON LAMP; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RADIATION RESPONSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PHOTOLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUNLIGHT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84962704786     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.10.016     Document Type: Article

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