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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
Karenia brevis, the harmful alga associated with red tide, produces brevetoxins (PbTxs). Exposure to these toxins can have a negative impact on marine wildlife and serious human health consequences. The elimination of PbTxs is critical to protect the marine environment and human health. TiO(2) photocatalysis under 350 nm and solar irradiation leads to significant degradation of PbTxs via first order kinetics. ELISA results demonstrate TiO(2) photocatalysis leads to a significant decrease in the bioactivity of PbTxs as a function of treatment time. Experiments conducted in the presence of synthetic seawater, humic material and a hydroxyl scavenger showed decreased degradation. PbTxs are highly hydrophobic and partition to organic microlayer on the ocean surface. Acetonitrile was employed to probe the influence of an organic media on the TiO(2) photocatalysis of PbTxs. Our results indicate TiO(2) photocatalysis may be applicable for the degradation of PbTxs.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Acetonitriles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Free Radical Scavengers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Humic Substances, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Marine Toxins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neurotoxins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxocins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Singlet Oxygen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Titanium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Water Pollutants, Chemical, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/acetonitrile, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/brevetoxin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/titanium dioxide
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1879-3150
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Published by Elsevier Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1008-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
UV and solar TiO(2) photocatalysis of brevetoxins (PbTxs).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural