Identification of estrogenic activity change in sewage, industrial and livestock effluents by gamma-irradiation
- Authors
- Ahn, Byeong-Yong; Kang, Sung-Wook; Yoo, Jisu; Kim, Woong-Ki; Bae, Paek-Hyun; Jung, Jinho
- Issue Date
- 11월-2012
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Keywords
- AOPs; EDCs; Estrogens; Gamma rays; Yeast two-hybrid assay
- Citation
- RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, v.81, no.11, pp.1757 - 1762
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
- Volume
- 81
- Number
- 11
- Start Page
- 1757
- End Page
- 1762
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/107058
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2012.06.012
- ISSN
- 0969-806X
- Abstract
- In this study, reduction of estrogenic activity in three different types of effluents from sewage, industrial and livestock wastewater treatment plants by gamma-irradiation was investigated using the yeast two-hybrid assay. After gamma-ray treatment at a dose of 10 kGy, estrogenic activities of sewage, industrial and livestock effluents decreased from 4.4 to 3.0, 1.5 to 1.0 and 16 to 9.9 ng-EEQ L-1, respectively. The substantial reduction of estrogenic activity in livestock effluent was attributable to the degradation of 17 beta-estradiol (E2), estrone (E1) and 17 alpha-ethynylestradiol (EE2). Although bisphenol A (BPA) was found at the highest concentration in all effluents, its contribution to the estrogenic activity was not significant due to its low relative estrogenic potency. Meanwhile, the calculated estrogenic activity based on concentrations of E2, E1, EE2 and BPA in the effluents significantly differed from the measured ones. Overestimation may have resulted by dissolved organic matters in effluents inhibiting the estrogenic activity of E2, E1, EE2 and BPA, whereas underestimation was likely due to estrogenic by-products generated by gamma-irradiation. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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