Metoprolol and Its Degradation and Transformation Products Using AOPs—Assessment of Aquatic Ecotoxicity Using QSAR

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 26; no. 11; p. 3102
• Main Authors: Voigt, Melanie, Bartels, Indra, Schmiemann, Dorothee, Votel, Lars, Hoffmann-Jacobsen, Kerstin, Jaeger, Martin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 22.05.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Algae; Algorithms; AOPs; Artificial intelligence; Bioreactors; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; ecotoxicity; Ecotoxicology - methods; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Experiments; HPLC-HRMS; Hydrogen peroxide; Hydrogen Peroxide - chemistry; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Kinetics; Membrane reactors; Metoprolol; Metoprolol - analysis; Metoprolol - chemistry; Oxygen - chemistry; Ozone - chemistry; Photochemistry; Photodegradation; Photolysis; QSAR; Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship; Radiation; Sewage - chemistry; Software; Ultraviolet Rays; Wastewater - chemistry; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - chemistry; Germany; HPLC-HRMS; Metoprolol; QSAR; ecotoxicity; AOPs

Pharmaceuticals are found in waterbodies worldwide. Conventional sewage treatment plants are often not able to eliminate these micropollutants. Hence, Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) have been heavily investigated. Here, metoprolol is exposed to UV irradiation, hydrogen peroxide, and ozonation....