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Toxicity of Diclofenac: Cadmium Binary Mixtures to Algae Desmodesmus subspicatus Using Normalization Method

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Algal test using chlorococcal algae Desmodesmus subspicatus was used to determine single acute toxicity of either diclofenac or cadmium and to assess acute toxicity of their binary mixtures. The test confirmed significant acute toxicity of both diclofenac and cadmium; diclofenac with acute toxicity ErC50 60.44 ± 0.20 mg/L and cadmium with acute toxicity ErC50 2.14 ± 0.02 mg/L. This study of acute toxicity of binary cadmium-diclofenac mixtures confirmed their negative effects on aquatic producers and it also proved influence of the above substances on acute toxicity of their mixtures. Normalization method was applied to predict acute toxicity of binary mixtures composed of chemicals with significantly different acute toxicities. Normalization method used molar ratio (R) of chemicals in binary mixtures as their composition descriptor.

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Authors thanks for support provided by the No. FCH-S-18-5331 “Pollution of the environment and possibilities of elimination of contaminants” Project funded by the Faculty of Chemistry (Brno University of Technology), for support of the Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering within the No. LO1203 “Regional Materials Science and Technology Centre - Feasibility Program” Project, granted by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.

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Doležalová Weissmannová, H., Pavlovský, J., Fišerová, L. et al. Toxicity of Diclofenac: Cadmium Binary Mixtures to Algae Desmodesmus subspicatus Using Normalization Method. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 101, 205–213 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-018-2384-7

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