Environmental toxicity study of poly(2-oxazoline)s

Hrdlička, Lukáš; Šrámková, Petra; Prousek, Josef; Kronek, Juraj

doi:10.1007/s11696-018-0410-1

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Published: 08 February 2018

Environmental toxicity study of poly(2-oxazoline)s

Lukáš Hrdlička¹,
Petra Šrámková²,
Josef Prousek¹ &
Juraj Kronek²

Chemical Papers volume 72, pages 1543–1547 (2018)Cite this article

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Poly(2-oxazoline)s (POx) are a promising class of synthetic polymers suitable for biomedical applications; hence, there is a possibility that POx may occur through the food chain in wastewaters and subsequently in farmlands. Therefore, it is important to investigate their possible environmental toxicity. Homopolymer poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) (PEtOx) and statistical copolymer poly[(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)-stat-(2-(3-butenyl)-2-oxazoline)] (coPOx), both with theoretical chain length 100 and 200 monomer units, have been tested according to OECD Guideline 208 and 209. Significant growth inhibition of Sinapis Alba after 3 day exposure has been determined in the case of coPOx100. Moreover, statistically significant stimulation effect of growth in the case of PEtOx100 has been observed. Respirometric assay clearly confirmed that aerobic degradation of all studied POx by activated sludge is impossible. Biosorption tests on dead activated sludge have shown that almost all added POx (up to 95%) in concentration 500 mg L⁻¹ are adsorbed on activated sludge.

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Authors are thankful the Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education and the Slovak Academy of Sciences in the Project No. 2/0163/15 and Dr. Zuzana Kroneková for the statistical analysis.

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Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 812 37, Bratislava, Slovakia
Lukáš Hrdlička & Josef Prousek
Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 41, Bratislava, Slovakia
Petra Šrámková & Juraj Kronek

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Hrdlička, L., Šrámková, P., Prousek, J. et al. Environmental toxicity study of poly(2-oxazoline)s. Chem. Pap. 72, 1543–1547 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-018-0410-1

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Received: 26 October 2017
Accepted: 02 February 2018
Published: 08 February 2018
Issue Date: June 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-018-0410-1

Keywords

Biocompatible polymers
Environmental toxicity
Poly(2-oxazolines)
Wastewater pollution