Electrochemical oxidation of fluoroquinolone antibiotics: Mechanism, residual antibacterial activity and toxicity change

Water Research

Volumn 102, Issue , 2016, Pages 52-62

  Zhu, Linyan ^a,b   Santiago Schübel, Beatrix ^a   Xiao, Hongxia ^b   Hollert, Henner ^b,c,d,e   Kueppers, Stephan ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Tongji University   (China)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Electrochemistry mass spectrometry; Fluoroquinolone antibiotics; Toxicity change

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTIBIOTICS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXTURES; SALMONELLA; TOXICITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; DESMODESMUS SUBSPICATUS; EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; FLUOROQUINOLONE ANTIBIOTICS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION;

CIPROFLOXACIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTICS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INHIBITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; TOXICITY TEST; TRANSFORMATION;

ALGAL GROWTH; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DESMODESMUS SUBSPICATUS; DOSE RESPONSE; EC50; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; HYDROXYLATION; INHIBITION ZONE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SCALE UP; TOXICOLOGY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DESMODESMUS SUBSPICATUS; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUOROQUINOLONES; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN;

EID: 84974855150     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.06.005     Document Type: Article

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