Year 2014

• Environmental Fate of Two Psychiatric Drugs, Diazepam and Sertraline: Phototransformation and Investigation of their Photoproducts in Natural Waters

  Publication

  • A. Jakimska-Nagórska
  • M. Śliwka-Kaszyńska
  • P. Nagórski
  • A. Kot-Wasik
  • J. Namieśnik

  - Journal of Chromatography & Seperation Techniques - Year 2014

  Experimental studies were conducted to investigate the photodegradation of diazepam and sertraline, two of the most frequently used psychiatric drugs, induced by xenon lamp irradiation, which overlap the sunlight spectra, and natural sunlight. Degradation kinetics was established indicating the occurrence of autocatalytic reactions. The application of liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry...

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• Phototransformation of Amlodipine: Degradation Kinetics and Identification of Its Photoproducts

  Publication

  • A. Jakimska-Nagórska
  • M. Śliwka-Kaszyńska
  • P. Nagórski
  • J. Namieśnik
  • A. Kot-Wasik

  - PLOS ONE - Year 2014

  Nowadays, monitoring focuses on the primary compounds and does not include degradation products formed during various biological and chemical processes. Transformation products may have the same effects to human health and the environment or sometimes they can be more toxic than the parent compound. Unfortunately, knowledge about the formation of degradation products is still limited, however, can be very important for the environmental...

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