Doxycycline Degradation by the Oxidative Fenton Process

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 p...

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Main Authors: Alexandre A. Borghi, Milena F. Silva, Saleh Al Arni, Attilio Converti, Mauri S. A. Palma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Chemistry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/492030