Doxycycline Degradation by the Oxidative Fenton Process
Joint Authors
Converti, Attilio
Alves Palma, Mauri Sérgio
Borghi, Alexandre A.
Silva, Milena F.
Al Arni, Saleh
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-02-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum tetracycline occurring in domestic, industrial, and rural effluents, whose main drawback is the increasing emergence of resistant bacteria.
This antibiotic could be degraded by the so-called Fenton process, consisting in the oxidation of organic pollutants by oxygen peroxide (H2O2) in the presence of Fe2+.
Experiments were performed according to an experimental Rotational Central Composite Design to investigate the influence of temperature (0–40.0°C), H2O2 concentration (100–900 mg/L), and Fe2+ concentration (5–120 mg/L) on residual doxycycline and total organic carbon concentrations.
Whereas the final residual doxycycline concentration ranged from 0 to 55.8 mg/L, the oxidation process proved unable to reduce the total organic carbon by more than 30%.
The best operating conditions were concentrations of H2O2 and Fe2+ of 611 and 25 mg/L, respectively, and temperature of 35.0°C, but the analysis of variance revealed that only the first variable exerted a statistically significant effect on the residual doxycycline concentration.
These results suggest possible application of this process in the treatment of doxycycline-containing effluents and may be used as starting basis to treat tetracycline-contaminated effluents.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Borghi, Alexandre A.& Silva, Milena F.& Al Arni, Saleh& Converti, Attilio& Alves Palma, Mauri Sérgio. 2015. Doxycycline Degradation by the Oxidative Fenton Process. Journal of Chemistry،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Borghi, Alexandre A.…[et al.]. Doxycycline Degradation by the Oxidative Fenton Process. Journal of Chemistry No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Borghi, Alexandre A.& Silva, Milena F.& Al Arni, Saleh& Converti, Attilio& Alves Palma, Mauri Sérgio. Doxycycline Degradation by the Oxidative Fenton Process. Journal of Chemistry. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1067482