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Enhanced Biodegradability of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products by Ionizing Radiation

Authors :
Hyun Young Kim
Seungho Yu
Tae-Hun Kim
O-Mi Lee
Source :
Water Environment Research. 87:321-325
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Wiley, 2015.

Abstract

The radiolytic degradation of antibiotic compounds, including lincomycin (LMC), sulfamethoxazole (SMX), and tetracycline (TCN), and the change of biodegradability of the radiation-treated target compounds were evaluated. As a result, the degradation of target antibiotics by hydrolysis, biodegradation, and gamma irradiation showed a compound-dependent manner. However, the biodegradability of all target compounds was enhanced by the gamma irradiation. The enhanced biodegradability after gamma irradiation (2 kGy) followed the trend of LMC (18.89%)

Details

ISSN :
15547531 and 10614303
Volume :
87
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Water Environment Research
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....39a72339e04567ab28fe01487d453875
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2175/106143014x14062131178033