Title
Effective degradation of the antineoplastic doxorubicin by electrochemical oxidation on boron doped diamond
Date Issued
01 August 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
Ferreira Garcia L.
Gonçalves Moreno E.K.
Barroso Brito L.
Rodrigues de Oliveira G.A.
Linares, José J.
de Souza Gil E.
University of Brasilia
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
Doxorubicin (DOX) is an antineoplastic drug widely used to treat many types of cancer. Its presence in hospital effluents turns mandatory the application of efficient processes in the treatment of this pollutant, due to the toxicological damages that DOX causes to the environment. This study presents the results of the electrolysis of DOX, for the first time, on non-active boron doped diamond (BDD) anodes. Electrolysis with Na2SO4 and NaCl were performed. Rapid and more efficient removal was achieved in NaCl-based electrolysis with lower energy consumption, due to a more intense generation of oxidants, among which active chlorine stands out. After treatment, the resulting solutions were tested using fish embryo acute toxicity test and comet assay with zebrafish (Danio rerio). NaCl-based DOX electrolysis allows the complete removal of the DOX toxicity and mutagenicity, whereas Na2SO4-based electrolysis was not completely efficient. Finally, a tentative degradation mechanism for the electrochemical treatment of DOX has been proposed based on mass spectra obtained from the degraded samples.
Volume
870
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química analítica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85085244588
Source
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
ISSN of the container
15726657
Sponsor(s)
This study was financial supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) grant number 471109/2013-4 and 465571/2014-0 (INCT/DATREM), Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Distrito Federal (FAPDF, processes n. 0193-000.714/2016 and n. 0193-000.236/2014), Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa de Goiás (FAPEG-GO) and Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) of Brazil.
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