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List of works by Klaus Kümmerer

A comparative assessment of the transformation products of S-metolachlor and its commercial product Mercantor Gold(®) and their fate in the aquatic environment by employing a combination of experimental and in silico methods

scientific article published on 24 November 2014

A new, rapid, fully automated method for determination of fluconazole in serum by column-switching liquid chromatography

scientific article published in August 2004

A path to clean water

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

A strategy for an initial assessment of the ecotoxicological effects of transformation products of pesticides in aquatic systems following a tiered approach

scientific article published on 26 February 2020

Abiotic and biotic degradation of five aromatic organosilicon compounds in aqueous media-Structure degradability relationships

scientific article published on 04 March 2020

Aerobic biodegradability of the calcium channel antagonist verapamil and identification of a microbial dead-end transformation product studied by LC-MS/MS.

scientific article published on 8 April 2008

An advanced double column-switching technique (LC-LC) for liquid chromatography/electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry for fully automated analysis of caspofungin

scientific article published on January 2004

Anaerobic inhibition and biodegradation of antibiotics in ISO test schemes

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Antibiotic residues in livestock manure: Does the EU risk assessment sufficiently protect against microbial toxicity and selection of resistant bacteria in the environment?

scientific article published on 21 June 2019

Antibiotics and sweeteners in the aquatic environment: biodegradability, formation of phototransformation products, and in vitro toxicity

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Antibiotics in the aquatic environment--a review--part I.

scientific article published on 30 January 2009

Antibiotics in the aquatic environment--a review--part II.

scientific article published on April 2009

Antimicrobial activity of pharmaceutical cocktails in sewage treatment plant effluent - An experimental and predictive approach to mixture risk assessment

scientific article published on 26 September 2017

Antineoplastic compounds in the environment-substances of special concern

scientific article published on 06 December 2014

Approach for detecting mutagenicity of biodegraded and ozonated pharmaceuticals, metabolites and transformation products from a drinking water perspective.

scientific article published in May 2012

Aquatic photochemistry, abiotic and aerobic biodegradability of thalidomide: identification of stable transformation products by LC-UV-MS(n).

scientific article published on 21 June 2013

Assessing the environmental fate of S-metolachlor, its commercial product Mercantor Gold® and their photoproducts using a water-sediment test and in silico methods.

scientific article published on 20 August 2015

Assessment of degradation of 18 antibiotics in the Closed Bottle Test

scientific article published in November 2004

Assessment of pharmaceutical waste management at selected hospitals and homes in Ghana

scientific article published on November 10, 2011

Benzyl-penicillin (Penicillin G) transformation in aqueous solution at low temperature under controlled laboratory conditions

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Bioavailability of Antibiotics at Soil-Water Interfaces: A Comparison of Measured Activities and Equilibrium Partitioning Estimates

scientific article published on 9 April 2018

Biodegradability and ecotoxicitiy of tramadol, ranitidine, and their photoderivatives in the aquatic environment.

scientific article published on 17 June 2011

Biodegradability of 14C-labeled antibiotics in a modified laboratory scale sewage treatment plant at environmentally relevant concentrations

scientific article published in January 2006

Biodegradability of organic nanoparticles in the aqueous environment

scientific article published on 30 December 2010

Biodegradability of the X-ray contrast compound diatrizoic acid, identification of aerobic degradation products and effects against sewage sludge micro-organisms

scientific article published on 21 July 2005

Biodegradability of the anti-tumour agent ifosfamide and its occurrence in hospital effluents and communal sewage

scholarly article by Klaus Kümmerer et al published November 1997 in Water Research

Biodegradation screening of chemicals in an artificial matrix simulating the water-sediment interface

scientific article published on 01 November 2014

Biodegradation tests of mercaptocarboxylic acids, their esters, related divalent sulfur compounds and mercaptans.

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

Captopril and its dimer captopril disulfide: Photodegradation, aerobic biodegradation and identification of transformation products by HPLC–UV and LC–ion trap-MSn

scientific article published on April 24, 2012

Characterization of photo-transformation products of the antibiotic drug Ciprofloxacin with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in combination with accurate mass determination using an LTQ-Orbitrap

scientific article published on 13 March 2014

Chemicals in the Environment – the Need for a Clear Nomenclature: Parent Compounds, Metabolites, Transformation Products and Their Elimination

Ciprofloxacin in hospital effluent: degradation by ozone and photoprocesses

scientific article published on 7 April 2009

Combination of experimental and in silico methods for the assessment of the phototransformation products of the antipsychotic drug/metabolite Mesoridazine

scientific article published on 18 October 2017

Consequences of nuclear accidents for biodiversity and ecosystem services

scholarly article by Henrik von Wehrden et al published 3 February 2012 in Conservation Letters

Consumers' perceptions of biocidal products in households

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

Deactivation and transformation products in biodegradability testing of beta-lactams amoxicillin and piperacillin

scientific article published on 25 January 2009

Degradation of 5-FU by means of advanced (photo)oxidation processes: UV/H2O2, UV/Fe2+/H2O2 and UV/TiO2--Comparison of transformation products, ready biodegradability and toxicity

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

Degradation of cyclophosphamide and 5-fluorouracil by UV and simulated sunlight treatments: Assessment of the enhancement of the biodegradability and toxicity.

scientific article published on 9 November 2015

Degradation of the tricyclic antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine under environmental conditions, identification of its main aquatic biotic and abiotic transformation products by LC–MSn and their effects on environmental bacteria

scientific article published on January 30, 2012

Designing green derivatives of β-blocker Metoprolol: a tiered approach for green and sustainable pharmacy and chemistry

scientific article published on 22 May 2014

Determination of the antifungal agent posaconazole in human serum by HPLC with parallel column-switching technique.

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Do cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs discharged into rivers pose a risk to the environment and human health? An overview and UK case study

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Ecopharmacology: a new topic of importance in pharmacovigilance

scientific article published in January 2006

Effects of a realistic mixture of antibiotics on resistant and nonresistant sewage sludge bacteria in laboratory-scale treatment plants

scientific article published on 28 November 2008

Elution of Monomers from Provisional Composite Materials

article published in 2015

Entry of biocides and their transformation products into groundwater via urban stormwater infiltration systems

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

Environmental Chemistry of Organosiloxanes

article published in 2014

Environmental fate and effect assessment of thioridazine and its transformation products formed by photodegradation.

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Environmental risk assessment of anti-cancer drugs and their transformation products: A focus on their genotoxicity characterization-state of knowledge and short comings.

scientific article published on 17 February 2014

Estimation of the cancer risk to humans resulting from the presence of cyclophosphamide and ifosfamide in surface water

scientific article published on 24 June 2009

Evaluation of the toxic effects of four anti-cancer drugs in plant bioassays and its potency for screening in the context of waste water reuse for irrigation.

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Experimental and in silico assessment of fate and effects of the UV filter 2-phenylbenzimidazole 5-sulfonic acid and its phototransformation products in aquatic solutions

scientific article published on 20 December 2019

Experimental and in silico assessment of fate and effects of the antipsychotic drug quetiapine and its bio- and phototransformation products in aquatic environments

scientific article published on 20 August 2016

Fast, fully automated analysis of voriconazole from serum by LC-LC-ESI-MS-MS with parallel column-switching technique

scientific article published in January 2005

Fenton process on single and mixture components of phenothiazine pharmaceuticals: Assessment of intermediaries, fate, and preliminary ecotoxicity

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

Fragrance allergens in household detergents

scientific article published on 22 June 2018

General strategies to increase the repeatability in non-target screening by liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 22 June 2016

Genotoxic effect of ciprofloxacin during photolytic decomposition monitored by the in vitro micronucleus test (MNvit) in HepG2 cells

scientific article published on December 13, 2011

Green Chemistry and Its Contribution to Industrial Biotechnology

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Hazard screening of photo-transformation products from pharmaceuticals: Application to selective β1-blockers atenolol and metoprolol.

scientific article published on 7 December 2016

Identification of phototransformation products of thalidomide and mixture toxicity assessment: an experimental and quantitative structural activity relationships (QSAR) approach.

scientific article published on 20 November 2013

Identification of phototransformation products of the antiepileptic drug gabapentin: Biodegradability and initial assessment of toxicity.

scientific article published on 4 August 2015

Improving the end-of-life management of solar panels in Germany

scientific article published in 2022

Incomplete aerobic degradation of the antidiabetic drug Metformin and identification of the bacterial dead-end transformation product Guanylurea

scientific article published on July 12, 2011

Initial fate assessment of teratogenic drug trimipramine and its photo-transformation products - Role of pH, concentration and temperature

scientific article published on 2 November 2016

Initial hazard screening for genotoxicity of photo-transformation products of ciprofloxacin by applying a combination of experimental and in-silico testing.

scientific article published on 31 December 2015

Intracellular accumulation of linezolid in Escherichia coli, Citrobacter freundii and Enterobacter aerogenes: role of enhanced efflux pump activity and inactivation

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LC-HRMS Data Processing Strategy for Reliable Sample Comparison Exemplified by the Assessment of Water Treatment Processes.

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

Linezolid and rifampin: Drug interaction contrary to expectations?

scientific article published in May 2005

Metabolites and Transformation Products of Pharmaceuticals in the Aquatic Environment as Contaminants of Emerging Concern

scientific article published on 21 February 2014

Molecular characterization of microbial population dynamics during sildenafil citrate degradation

scientific article published on September 2010

Natural clay as a sorbent to remove pharmaceutical micropollutants from wastewater

scientific article published on 30 May 2020

Nonylphenol polyethoxylate in hospital wastewater: A study of the subproducts of electrocoagulation

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Not only biocidal products: Washing and cleaning agents and personal care products can act as further sources of biocidal active substances in wastewater

scientific article published on 29 March 2018

Occurrence of the antidiabetic drug Metformin and its ultimate transformation product Guanylurea in several compartments of the aquatic cycle

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Occurrence, distribution, and ecotoxicological risk assessment of selected pharmaceutical compounds in water from Lake Victoria, Uganda

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

Oxidation-coagulation of β-blockers by K2FeVIO4 in hospital wastewater: assessment of degradation products and biodegradability

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Pharmaceuticals in the Environment

Photo-degradation of the antimicrobial ciprofloxacin at high pH: identification and biodegradability assessment of the primary by-products

scientific article published on 17 April 2009

Photodegradation of the antineoplastic cyclophosphamide: a comparative study of the efficiencies of UV/H2O2, UV/Fe2+/H2O2 and UV/TiO2 processes.

scientific article published on 8 October 2014

Photolysis of sulfamethoxypyridazine in various aqueous media: aerobic biodegradation and identification of photoproducts by LC-UV-MS/MS

scientific article published on 03 November 2012

Photolytic transformation products and biological stability of the hydrological tracer Uranine

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Physicochemical properties and biodegradability of organically functionalized colloidal silica particles in aqueous environment

scientific article published on 8 November 2013

Possible underestimations of risks for the environment due to unregulated emissions of biocides from households to wastewater.

scientific article published on 19 July 2016

Qualitative environmental risk assessment of photolytic transformation products of iodinated X-ray contrast agent diatrizoic acid

scientific article published on 22 March 2014

Re-Designing of Existing Pharmaceuticals for Environmental Biodegradability: A Tiered Approach with β-Blocker Propranolol as an Example.

scientific article published on 8 September 2015

Ready biodegradability of trifluoromethylated phenothiazine drugs, structural elucidation of their aquatic transformation products, and identification of environmental risks studied by LC-MS( n ) and QSAR

scientific article published on 8 June 2012

Reducing aquatic micropollutants - Increasing the focus on input prevention and integrated emission management

scientific article published on 17 October 2018

Removal of dexamethasone from aqueous solution and hospital wastewater by electrocoagulation

scientific article published on 30 November 2012

Removal of the anti-cancer drug methotrexate from water by advanced oxidation processes: Aerobic biodegradation and toxicity studies after treatment.

scientific article published on 19 August 2015

Rethinking chemistry for a circular economy

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Standardized tests fail to assess the effects of antibiotics on environmental bacteria

scientific article published in April 2004

Studying the fate of the drug Chlorprothixene and its photo transformation products in the aquatic environment: Identification, assessment and priority setting by application of a combination of experiments and various in silico assessments

scientific article published on 08 November 2018

Sustainability, substance flow management and time. Part I Temporal analysis of substance flows

scientific article published on 17 September 2007

Sustainability, substance-flow management, and time, Part II: Temporal impact assessment (TIA) for substance-flow management

scientific article published on 23 September 2008

Sustainable Chemistry: A Future Guiding Principle

scientific article published on 7 November 2017

Synthesis of room-temperature ionic liquids with the weakly coordinating [Al(ORF)4]- anion (RF=C(H)(CF3)2) and the determination of their principal physical properties

scientific article published in November 2010

Temporal dynamics and ecotoxicological risk assessment of personal care products, phthalate ester plasticizers, and organophosphorus flame retardants in water from Lake Victoria, Uganda

scientific article published on 28 July 2020

The presence of pharmaceuticals in the environment due to human use--present knowledge and future challenges

scientific article published on 04 March 2009

The significance of different health institutions and their respective contributions of active pharmaceutical ingredients to wastewater

scientific article published on September 2015

Therapeutic drug monitoring of posaconazole in hematology patients: experience with a new high-performance liquid chromatography-based method

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Tormentil for active ulcerative colitis: an open-label, dose-escalating study.

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Transformation products in the water cycle and the unsolved problem of their proactive assessment: A combined in vitro/in silico approach.

scientific article published on 15 November 2016

Transformation products of antibiotic and cytostatic drugs in the aquatic cycle that result from effluent treatment and abiotic/biotic reactions in the environment: an increasing challenge calling for higher emphasis on measures at the beginning of

scientific article published on 03 January 2015

UV-photodegradation of desipramine: Impact of concentration, pH and temperature on formation of products including their biodegradability and toxicity

scientific article published on 30 May 2016

Ultimate biodegradation and elimination of antibiotics in inherent tests

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