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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 44, Issue 4, Pages 621-625Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(00)00333-7
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riboflavin; TNT; degradation; freshwater; fate; environment
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [S06GM08047] Funding Source: Medline
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The effect of riboflavin (1 muM) on the fate of TNT (20 mg/l) in a natural water environment was studied. The relative contribution of photolysis, microbial assemblages and freshwater matrix to TNT degradation was examined. The rates, extent and products of TNT and riboflavin transformation were compared under different experimental conditions. It was found that riboflavin significantly enhanced the degradation of TNT in natural water environment. Thus it is a potentially useful photosensitizing agent for the treatment of TNT-contaminated surface water. Furthermore, in the presence of riboflavin, two new intermediates with max, absorption wavelength of 230 nm were found, demonstrating that transformation of TNT in the presence of riboflavin undergoes different pathways. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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