Degradation of pharmaceuticals and metabolite in synthetic human urine by UV, UV/H₂O₂, and UV/PDS

Chemical Compounds

• Peroxydisulfate 100%
• Sulfamethoxazole 59%
• Pharmaceutical 55%
• Metabolite 53%
• Trimethoprim 41%
• Photolysis 26%
• Carbonate 23%
• Reactive Nitrogen Species 20%
• Amino Groups 12%
• Urea 11%
• Ammonia 11%
• Toxic 11%
• Rate Constant 9%
• Simulation 9%
• Chloride 8%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• urine 77%
• metabolite 68%
• drug 61%
• degradation 49%
• hydroxyl radical 33%
• matrix 18%
• photolysis 16%
• sulfate 15%
• oxidation 14%
• carbonate 10%
• kinetics 9%
• micropollutant 8%
• urea 7%
• low pressure 6%
• ammonia 6%
• chloride 5%
• nitrogen 4%
• product 3%
• simulation 3%
• rate 2%
• analysis 2%
• effect 1%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Urine 53%
• sulfate radical 46%
• Hydroxyl Radical 33%
• Pharmaceutical Preparations 31%
• Sulfamethoxazole 31%
• Carbonates 21%
• Photolysis 21%
• Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination Trimethoprim 16%
• Kinetics 10%
• Reactive Nitrogen Species 9%
• Ammonia 8%
• Citric Acid 8%
• Chlorides 8%
• Urea 7%
• Poisons 5%
• Pressure 4%