TY  - JOUR
AU  - Zhang, H.
AU  - Spiteller, M.
AU  - Guenther, K.
AU  - Boehmler, G.
AU  - Zuehlke, S.
TI  - Degradation of a chiral nonylphenol isomer in two agricultural soils
JO  - Environmental pollution
VL  - 157
SN  - 0269-7491
CY  - Amsterdam [u.a.]
PB  - Elsevier Science
M1  - PreJuSER-4117
SP  - 1904 - 1910
PY  - 2009
N1  - This study has been performed within the frame of the priority program SPP 1315 "Biogeochemical Interfaces in Soil", funded by the German Science Foundation [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)], to whom the authors are deeply grateful.
AB  - The degradation of a chiral nonylphenol isomer, 4-(1-ethyl-1,4-dimethylpentyl)phenol (NP(112)), in two agricultural soils from Monheim and Dortmund, Germany has been studied. The degradation of NP(112) and the formation of a nitro-nonylphenol metabolite were determined by means of GC-MS analysis. The degradation followed bi-exponential order kinetics, with half-life of less than 5 days in both soils. The nitro-metabolite was found at different concentration levels in the two soils. The nitro-metabolite of NP(112) was more persistent than its parent compound. After 150 days about 13% of the initially applied NP(112) remained in the Monheim soil as its nitro-metabolite. Results of the E-screen assay revealed that the nitro-NP(112) has oestrogenic potency of 85% of that of NP(112). Furthermore, the results of chiral GC-MS analysis revealed that no chiral degradation of NP(112) occurred in this study.
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Biodegradation, Environmental
KW  - Ecology: methods
KW  - Endocrine Disruptors: analysis
KW  - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
KW  - Germany
KW  - Half-Life
KW  - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
KW  - Models, Chemical
KW  - Phenols: analysis
KW  - Soil: analysis
KW  - Soil Microbiology
KW  - Stereoisomerism
KW  - Endocrine Disruptors (NLM Chemicals)
KW  - Phenols (NLM Chemicals)
KW  - Soil (NLM Chemicals)
KW  - nonylphenol (NLM Chemicals)
KW  - J (WoSType)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:19232801
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000266191200024
DO  - DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2009.01.026
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/4117
ER  -