Degradation of micropollutant cephalexin by ultraviolet (UV) and assessment of residual antimicrobial activity of transformation products
Cephalexin (CEX) is an antibiotic commonly used to treat bacterial infections in humans and animals. However, it is also a micropollutant. Thus, this study evaluated the degradation of CEX using ultraviolet irradiation (UV-C) and analyzed the by-products as well as their residual antimicrobial activ...
Main Authors: | Sabrina Grando Cordeiro, Rafaela Ziem, Ytan Andreine Schweizer, Bruna Costa, Daniel Kuhn, Peterson Haas, Ani Caroline Weber, Daiane Heidrich, Eduardo Miranda Ethur, Clarice Steffens, Lucélia Hoehne |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IWA Publishing
2021-07-01
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Series: | Water Science and Technology |
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Online Access: | http://wst.iwaponline.com/content/84/2/374 |
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