Preparation of antibodies and development of an enzyme immunoassay for determination of atrazine in environmental samples

An indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been developed and optimized for atrazine determination in soil at different depths (0–10, 10–20, and 20–30 cm) before and after 48 h of application, corn shoot and cow milk samples collected from Dina farm, Egypt. This assay was based on a specific polyclonal antibodies (PAb) raised by immunizing New Zealand rabbits with an immunogen prepared by coupling 3-{4-(ethylamino)-6-(isopropylamino)-1,3,5-triazine-2-yl} thiopropanoic acid to bovine serum albumin (BSA) via N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) active ester method. The sensitivity (estimated as IC₅₀value) was 17.5 μg mL^?1 with a detection limit of 0.1 ng mL^?1. The maximum atrazine concentration was found in soil especially in the deepest layer (325 and 890 μg kg^?1 before and after application, respectively). Atrazine concentration in corn shoot was 333.28, μg kg^?1 dry plant, while there was no detectable amount in milk. All samples screened by ELISA were validated by gas chromatography mass spectrometer procedure (GC/MS). Good correlation was achieved between the two methods (r = 0.997 for soil and 0.9814 for plant). This study demonstrates the utility and convenience of the simple, practical and cost–effective ELISA method in the laboratory for analysis of environmental samples. The method is ideal for the rapid screening of large numbers of samples in laboratories where access to GC/MS facilities, is limited or lacking.     

Ultrasonic decomposition of atrazine and alachlor in water.

Abstract

The collapse of ultrasonically‐generated cavitation bubbles can result in sonochemical reactions. The kinetics of sonochemical decomposition of alachlor and atrazine in water were determined using a sonicator operating in the continuous mode at maximum output. Alachlor and atrazine solutions, 3.1 nmol L^‐1, were kept at constant temperature during the sonication. Decomposition at 30°C followed first‐order kinetics: k = 8.01 × 10^‐3 min^‐1 and 2.10 × 10^‐3 min^‐1 for alachlor and atrazine, respectively. It is not clear from the product analysis whether the decomposition was due to a thermal or free radical reaction. However, regardless of the decomposition mechanisms, the extrapolated half‐lives (86 and 330 min for alachlor and atrazine, respectively) support the potential development of ultrasonic waves to decompose herbicides in contaminated water.     

羟基氧化铁催化臭氧氧化去除水中阿特拉津

以实验室制备的羟基氧化铁(FeOOH)为催化剂,研究了其催化臭氧氧化去除水中痕量阿特拉津的效能,并对影响催化效果因素及降解机理进行了探讨。在本实验条件下,反应8 min时催化氧化阿特拉津的去除率比单独臭氧氧化高出63.2%,而FeOOH对阿特拉津的吸附量很小,结果表明,FeOOH对臭氧氧化水中的痕量阿特拉津具有明显的催化活性。探讨了催化剂投量、pH、阿特拉津初始浓度和重碳酸盐碱度对催化氧化阿特拉津的影响。催化剂最佳投量为150 mg/L,去除率随pH和阿特拉津初始浓度的增加而升高,重碳酸盐浓度为200 mg/L时催化作用受到明显抑制。通过研究叔丁醇对催化反应的影响间接推断了催化反应的机理,叔丁醇作为羟基自由基抑制剂有效地抑制了水中羟基自由基的生成和它对阿特拉津的氧化反应,间接证明这种催化作用遵循羟基自由基的反应机理。     

化学改性活性炭对水中阿特拉津的吸附去除

以5 mol/L HNO3,40%NaOH及5%H2O2对活性炭进行化学改性,采用序批式实验研究了活性炭改性前后对阿特拉津(AT)的吸附平衡特性,并以Langmuir和Freundlich模型对吸附等温线进行了拟合。结合活性炭改性前后孔结构和表面化学的变化特征,探讨了不同改性方法对AT吸附去除的影响效应。结果表明:活性炭经5 mol/L HNO3改性后对AT的吸附性能显著降低;而5%H2O2和40%NaOH改性炭对AT的吸附能力较原炭明显增强,且40%NaOH改性炭的吸附能力大于5%H2O2改性炭。原炭及改性炭对AT的吸附等温线均符合Langmuir模型。HNO3改性炭对AT吸附的降低主要是由于表面酸性基团的增加引起的;H2O2改性炭对AT吸附能力的提高主要是由于比表面积的增大引起的;而NaOH改性炭对AT吸附能力的提高是由比表面积增大和表面碱性基团增加共同作用的结果。几种改性炭和原炭对AT去除率的大小顺序依次为:NaOH改性炭>H2O2改性炭>原炭>HNO3改性炭。     

Determination of atrazine in rainfall and surface water by enzyme immunoassay

Rainwater and surface water from four sites in Germany (Bavaria and Lower Saxony) were analyzed for atrazine by enzyme immunoassay from June 1990 until October 1992. The limit of quantification of the immunoassay was 0.02 μg/L with a middle of the test at 0.2 μg/L. About 60 % of the samples contained measurable amounts of atrazine. Seasonal trends were observed, with the highest concentration in the summer months of up to 4 μg/L for rainwater and up to 15 μg/L for surface waters. The highest concentrations were found in agricultural areas, while in the investigated national parks up to 0.56 μg/L could be detected in rain water. This points to long-range atmospheric transport from agricultural areas to pristine national parks. Samples from forest stands usually showed higher atrazine concentrations than samples from open fields. Deposition rates of 10 – 50 μg/m² · yr were observed in the national parks and 10–180 μg/m² · yr at the agricultural sites. Comparison of results obtained by enzyme immunoassay and GC/MS showed a good correlation of r = 0.95.     

Remediation of alachlor and atrazine contaminated water with zero-valent iron nanoparticles

Zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI, diameter < 90 nm, specific surface area = 25 m² g^?1) have been used under anoxic conditions for the remediation of pesticides alachlor and atrazine in water. While alachlor (10, 20, 40 mg L^?1) was reduced by 92–96% within 72 h, no degradation of atrazine was observed. The alachlor degradation reaction was found to obey first-order kinetics very closely. The reaction rate (35.5 × 10^?3–43.0 × 10^?3 h^?1) increased with increasing alachlor concentration. The results are in conformity with other researchers who worked on these pesticides but mostly with micro ZVI and iron filings. This is for the first time that alachlor has been degraded under reductive environment using nZVI. The authors contend that nZVI may prove to be a simple method for on-site treatment of high concentration pesticide rinse water (100 mg L^?1) and for use in flooring materials in pesticide filling and storage stations.     

Enzyme-immunoassay techniques for the detection of atrazine in water samples: Evaluation of a commercial tube based assay

Environmental immunoassays can help lower the operating costs and improve the effectiveness of residue laboratories. The present study assesses the ability of a commercially available enzyme immunoassay (EIA) to detect triazine herbicides in water. The tube based EIA could detect atrazine in lake and river water with detection limits of 62 pg/mL and 180 pg/mL respectively. The assay's ability to quantify atrazine in a set of 124 water samples taken from many parts of Canada was compared with a reference method that used gas chromatographic separation combined with a nitrogen phosphorous detector (GC-NPD) (R=0.919). A 71 % reduction in analytical load was achieved at a threshold concentration of 1 ng/mL. There were 2.4 % false negative and 0.8 % false positive results associated with that load reduction. The variability of the assay control parameters was generally within two standard deviations of the mean response for 65 assays. The EIA for atrazine is recommended for use as a screening technique and as an inexpensive way to monitor triazine levels in waters that are known to be contaminated with those herbicides.     

除草剂阿特拉津生物降解研究进展

本文综述了近年来国内外在阿特拉津降解菌及降解途径方面的研究进展 ,及在微生物产生的阿特拉津降解酶、其操作基因方面的研究现状 ,并提出了阿特拉津生物降解的研究趋势     

Evaluation of the capacity of the cyanobacterium Microcystis novacekii to remove atrazine from a culture medium

The bioaccumulation of atrazine and its toxicity were evaluated for the cyanobacterium Microcystis novacekii. Cyanobacterial cultures were grown in WC culture medium with atrazine at 50, 250 and 500 μg L^?1. After 96 hours of exposure, 27.2% of the atrazine had been removed from the culture supernatant. Spontaneous degradation was found to be insignificant (< 9% at 500 μg L^?1), indicating a high efficiency for the bioaccumulation of atrazine by M. novacekii. There were no atrazine metabolites detected in the culture medium at any of the doses studied. The acute toxicity (EC₅₀) of atrazine to the cyanobacterium was 4.2 mg L^?1 at 96 hours demonstrating the potential for M. novacekii to tolerate high concentrations of this herbicide in fresh water environments. The ability of M. novacekii to remove atrazine combined with its tolerance of the pesticide toxicity showed in this study makes it a potential biological resource for the restoration of contaminated surface waters. These findings support continued studies of the role of M. novacekii in the bioremediation of fresh water environments polluted by atrazine.     

Behavior of atrazine in soils of tropical zone

Abstract

Movement and degradation of ¹⁴C‐atrazine (2‐chloro 4‐(ethylamino)‐6‐(isopropylamino)‐s‐triazine, was studied in undisturbed soil columns (0.50m length × 0.10m diameter) of Gley Humic and Deep Red Latosol from a maize crop region of Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Atrazine residues were largely confined to the 0–20cm layers over a 12 month period Atrazine degraded to the dealkylated metabolites deisopropylatrazine and deethylatrazine, but the major metabolite was hydroxyatrazine, mainly in the Gley Humic soil. Activity detected in the leachate was equivalent to an atrazine concentration of 0.08 to 0.11μg/1.

The persistence of ¹⁴C‐atrazine in a maize‐bean crop rotation was evaluated in lysimeters, using Gley Humic and Deep Red Latosol soils. Uptake of the radiocarbon by maize plants after 14‐days growth was equivalent to a herbicide concentration of 3.9μg/g fresh tissue and was similar in both soils. High atrazine degradation to hydroxyatrazine was detected by tic of maize extracts. After maize harvest, when beans were sown the Gley Humic soil contained an atrazine concentration of 0.29 μg/g soil and the Deep Red Latosol, 0.13 μg/g soil in the 0–30 cm layer. Activity detected in bean plants corresponded to a herbicide concentration of 0.26 (Gley Humic soil) and 0.32μg/g fresh tissue (Deep Red Latossol) after 14 days growth and 0.43 (Gley Humic soil) and 0.50 μg/g fresh tissue (Deep Red Latossol) after 97 days growth. Traces of activity equivalent to 0.06 and 0.02μg/g fresh tissue were detected in bean seeds at harvest. Non‐extractable (bound) residues in the soils at 235 days accounted for 66.6 to 75% (Gley Humic soil and Deep Red Latossol) of the total residual activity.     

阿特拉津在土壤中的环境行为研究进展

概述了阿特拉津在土壤中的迁移、降解及其对植物的影响等环境行为,阐述了土壤组成、土壤pH值以及温度、湿度等因素对各种环境行为过程的影响,并结合目前国内外的研究现状,提出了阿特拉津环境行为新的研究方向。     

Molecularly imprinted polymer for analysis of trace atrazine herbicide in water

A molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) for atrazine was synthesized by non-covalent method. The binding capacity of MIP was 1.00 mg g^{? 1} polymer. The selectivity and recovery were investigated with various pesticides which are mostly, found in the environment, for both similar and different chemical structure of atrazine. The competitive recognition between atrazine and structurally similar compounds was evaluated and it was found that the system provided highest recovery and selectivity for atrazine while low recovery and selectivity were obtained for the other compounds. The highest recovery was obtained from MIP compared with non-imprinted polymer (NIP), a commercial C₁₈ and a granular activated carbon (GAC) sorbent. The method provided high recoveries ranged from 94 to 99% at two spiked levels with relative standard deviations less than 2%. The lower detection limit of the method was 80 ng L^{? 1}. This method was successfully applied for analysis of environmental water samples.     

背景水质对过流式VUV/UV反应器降解水中阿特拉津的影响

为探究连续流进水模式下水中复杂的背景物质对真空紫外/紫外 (VUV/UV) 高级氧化工艺效率的影响,采用过流式VUV/UV反应器,考察了水中不同浓度的氯离子 (Cl^–) 、碱度 (HCO₃^–) 、硝酸盐 (NO₃^–) 和溶解性有机物 (DOM) 对微量污染物阿特拉津 (ATZ) 降解的影响。结果表明,上述背景组分对ATZ的VUV/UV降解均表现出一定的抑制作用,辐照时间为30 s时,ATZ去除率从空白组中的57%分别最多下降至33%、29%、40%和35%,且过流式条件下的抑制程度与文献中序批式反应器中的略有不同。污染物去除率下降的原因在于,一方面,三种无机阴离子都对VUV辐射有一定的蔽光效应,NO₃^–强于Cl^–强于HCO₃^–;另一方面,VUV辐照下Cl^–产生的Cl·和Cl₂^•–、NO₃^–产生的NO₂·和HO·都能补充水中氧化性自由基浓度,使得VUV贡献的ATZ降解速率常数的抑制程度低于VUV光子被阴离子竞争吸收的比例,但HCO₃^–对HO·较强的清除作用则导致了ATZ的降解速率常数的快速下降。低浓度DOM在VUV/UV辐照下可能产生的活性物种抵消了其对VUV/UV辐射的蔽光效应,但高浓度DOM对HO·的清除作用仍使其对ATZ降解产生了显著的抑制。在所有考察的水质条件下,ATZ降解所需的单位能耗E_EO介于0.61~1.56 kWh·m^-3。     

Effect of ozonation on the biodegradability of atrazine in GAC columns

Abstract

The biodegradation of atrazine as influenced by preozonation was studied in biological GAC columns. Metabolism of isopropyl‐¹⁴C atrazine produced more ¹⁴CO₂ than ring‐UL‐¹⁴C atrazine, indicating dealkylation was more rapid than ring cleavage. Preozonation increased mineralization of ring‐UL‐¹⁴C atrazine and, consequently, enhanced the performance of the GAC columns. Sixty‐two percent of the influent atrazine was converted to ¹⁴CO₂ in columns that received ozonated atrazine and ozonated surface water, while 50% of the influent atrazine was converted to ¹⁴CO₂ in columns that received untreated atrazine and ozonated surface water, and only 38% of the influent atrazine was converted to ¹⁴CO₂ in columns with untreated influent.     

玉米芯生物炭对河岸带土壤中乙草胺和阿特拉津的吸附性能

为改善农药对河岸带土壤污染状况,进而防控农业面源污染,以玉米芯为原料制备生物质炭,利用模拟实验研究其对河岸带土壤中乙草胺和阿特拉津的吸附性能影响,并探讨了其吸附机理。结果表明：河岸带土壤中添加生物炭可使乙草胺和阿特拉津的吸附容量显著增强,其吸附热力学过程与Freundlich和Langmuir模型拟合均有较好的相关性。与对照土壤相比,添加质量分数为1.0%生物炭的土壤对乙草胺的最大吸附量从13.28 μg·g-1升高到769.23 μg·g-1;添加质量分数为0.3%生物炭的土壤对阿特拉津的最大吸附量从70.92 μg·g-1升高到333.33 μg·g-1。伪二级动力学速率方程对河岸带土壤吸附乙草胺和阿特拉津的过程拟合效果较好,优于一级动力学速率模型的拟合结果,吸附量以及吸附速率均与土壤中生物炭投加量成正比。玉米芯生物炭可作为河岸带土壤的修复剂,降低乙草胺和阿特拉津的迁移性。     

微波辅助光催化降解阿特拉津的表观动力学

以内分泌干扰物阿特拉津为目标物,建立循环流化床微波辅助光催化体系,研究其微波辅助光催化降解规律。表观动力学研究发现,当阿特拉津初始浓度较低时,其在微波辅助光催化体系中的降解符合表观一级反应动力学特征。降解反应速率常数与阿特拉津初始浓度呈负线性相关,与紫外光强呈正线性相关,与催化剂浓度呈抛物线性相关。表观反应速率常数kobs=3.95×10-4c-0.27030I1.2224W0.3283,该模型计算值与实验值吻合较好,平均相对偏差仅为0.5%,可用于预测微波辅助光催化降解低浓度有机污染物的反应规律。     

Agro-waste biosorbents: Effect of physico-chemical properties on atrazine and imidacloprid sorption

Low cost agro-waste biosorbents namely eucalyptus bark (EB), corn cob (CC), bamboo chips (BC), rice straw (RS) and rice husk (RH) were characterized and used to study atrazine and imidacloprid sorption. Adsorption studies suggested that biosorbents greatly varied in their pesticide sorption behaviour. The EB was the best biosorbent to sorb both atrazine and imidacloprid with K_F values of 169.9 and 85.71, respectively. The adsorption isotherm were nonlinear in nature with slope (1/n) values <1. The Freundlich constant Correlating atrazine/imidacloprid sorption parameter [K_F.(1/n)] with the physicochemical properties of the biosorbents suggested that atrazine adsorption correlated significantly to the aromaticity, polarity, surface area, fractal dimension, lacunarity and relative C-O band intensity parameters of biosorbents. Probably, both physisorption and electrostatic interactions were responsible for the pesticide sorption. The eucalyptus bark can be exploited as low cost adsorbent for the removal of these pesticides as well as a component of on-farm biopurification systems.     

生物质炭对污染土壤中的镉生物有效性及阿特拉津消解的影响

通过室内土培实验,研究添加1%在300℃和700℃制备的甘蔗叶生物质炭(BCst-300、BCst-700)和蚕沙生物质炭(BCse-300、BCse-700)对复合污染土壤中镉生物有效性和阿特拉津消解的影响;从土壤pH值、阳离子交换量、有机碳和微生物生物量碳、氮的变化初步探讨添加生物质炭影响土壤镉生物有效性和阿特拉津消解的机理.研究表明,添加生物质炭显著降低了土壤镉的生物有效性,同时加快了阿特拉津的生物降解,培养结束(60 d)时,添加BCst-300、BCst-700、BCse-300和BCse-700土壤中有效镉含量分别比对照降低了23.03%、31.43%、47.84%和38.69%,阿特拉津消解率分别比对照提高了12.45%、7.85%、49.10%和40.76%,其中蚕沙生物质炭对降低土壤镉的有效性以及促进阿特拉津生物降解效果优于甘蔗叶生物质炭,且BCse-300的效果最为显著.相关性分析结果表明,土壤镉的生物有效性与土壤pH值和阳离子交换量呈极显著负相关性,说明提高土壤pH值和阳离子交换量是外源生物质炭降低土壤镉的生物有效性的重要机制;阿特拉津残留量与土壤pH值、阳离子交换量、微生物生物量碳、氮均呈极显著负相关性,表明生物质炭可以通过改变土壤pH值、阳离子交换量、微生物生物量碳、氮从而促进土壤中阿特拉津的降解.     

Photochemical degradation of atrazine in UV and UV/H2O2 process: pathways and toxic effects of products

The degradation of atrazine in aqueous solution by UV or UV/H₂O₂ processes, and the toxic effects of the degradation products were explored. The mineralization of atrazine was not observed in the UV irradiation process, resulting in the production of hydroxyatrazine (OIET) as the final product. In the UV/H₂O₂ process, the final product was ammeline (OAAT), which was obtained by two different pathways of reaction: dechlorination followed by hydroxylation, and the de-alkylation of atrazine. The by-products of the reaction of dechlorination followed by hydroxylation were OIET and hydroxydeethyl atrazine (OIAT), and those of de-alkylation were deisopropyl atrazine (CEAT), deethyl atrazine (CIAT), and deethyldeisopropyl atrazine (CAAT). OIAT and OAAT appeared to be quite stable in the degradation of atrazine by the UV/H₂O₂ process. In a toxicity test using Daphnia magna, the acute toxic unit (TUa) was less than 1 of TUa (100/EC₅₀, %) in the UV/H₂O₂ process after 30 min of reaction time, while 1.2 to 1.3 of TUa was observed in the UV process. The TUa values of atrazine and the degradation products have the following decreasing order: OIET> Atrazine> CEAT≈CIAT> CAAT. OIAT and OAAT did not show any toxic effects.