title: Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by the copper(II)-hydrogen peroxide system.
abstract: A non-enzymic system containing CuSO4 (10 mmol/L) and hydrogen peroxide (100 mmol/L) was used for the degradation of three polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: phenanthrene, fluoranthene, and pyrene (all at 10 mmol/L). The system degraded the compounds rapidly and efficiently. After 1 d at room temperature, more than 80% of pyrene, phenanthrene, and fluoranthene disappeared. Several products are formed during the reaction including a black precipitate.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry of the Wood-rotting Fungi, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 142 20 Prague 4, Czechia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nesmĕrák
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baldrian
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nerud
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D005449:Fluorenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005449:Fluorenes; D005609:Free Radicals; D010616:Phenanthrenes; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D011721:Pyrenes; C007738:fluoranthene; C031181:phenanthrene; D003300:Copper; C030984:pyrene; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide