US EPA has finalized federal Water Quality Criteria for nonylphenol, a biodegradation intermediate of nonylphenol ethoxylates, which are commonly used surfactants. To provide information in support of this initiative, an assessment was made of the ability of wastewater treatment plants to remove these and other alkylphenol ethoxylate (APEO) surfactants that are used widely in domestic and indus...

objective(s)para-nonylphenol (p-np) is used in many industries and our previous study showed that p-np causes a reduction in rats bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) viability. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of p-np on osteogenic differentiation of mscs.materials and methodsmscs were isolated and expanded to 3rd passage, then cultured in dmem supplemented with osteoge...

background: para-nonylphenol (p-np) is one of the environmental pollutants which cause reproductive system disorders. objective: the effects of vitamin e on ovary structure during its development in rats treated with p-np. materials and methods: 32 wistar female rats after mating were divided into 4 groups; control vitamin e (100mg/kg/day) p-np (250mg/kg/day) and p-np + vitamin e. the rats were...

Estradiol and 4-nonylphenol exposure studies in zebrafish. Approximately eighty male zebrafish were divided evenly between three 80 L glass aquaria. Each aquarium was individually heated to maintain a temperature of 26 /29 °C with a light-dark cycle ratio of 14:10 h. Fish were acclimated for one week prior to commencing the experiment. One tank contained only tap water (negative control) and th...

Aerobic biodegradation behaviour of nonylphenol propoxylates was investigated in two tests with different sewage sludge as inocula. The samples containing target compounds were pre-concentrated using dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction and analysed with the use of high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. Both primary biodegradation and formation of different bi...

We recently reported a nonenzymatic biomass deconstruction process for producing carbohydrates using homogeneous mixtures of γ-valerolactone (GVL) and water as a solvent. A key step in this process is the separation of the GVL from the aqueous phase, enabling GVL recycling and the production of a concentrated aqueous carbohydrate solution. In this study, we demonstrate that phenolic solvents-se...

Nonylphenol (NP) is a degradation product of nonylphenol polyethoxylates, which are widely used in the production of industrial and consumer surfactants. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of NP on the antioxidant capacity and cognitive ability of mice. NP was given orally by gavages at doses of 0, 50, 100, and 200 mg kg(-1) d(-1) for 90 days. The results showed that NP sig...

We investigated the effects of various factors (brij 30, brij 35, yeast extract, hydrogen peroxide and compost) on the aerobic degradation of nonylphenol (NP) in soil and characterized the structure of the microbial community in that soil. Residues of NP were measured using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and a change of microbial communities was demonstrated using denaturing gradi...