Features Doxorubicin Epirubicin Daunorubicin
Chemical structure
Physical property [8] log Kow: 1.3, solubility: 93 mg/L log Kow: 1.8, solubility: 93 mg/L log Kow: 1.8, solubility: 39 mg/L
Environmental occurrence [68] hospital effluent: 0.5 µg/L hospital effluent: 0.5 µg/L hospital effluent: 0.1 µg/L
Ecotoxicology [17] EC50 > 0.1 mg/L in various assays --- ---
Treatment strategy [32, 41, 69] membrane bioreactor, 5.25% NaOCl, electrolysis membrane bioreactor, 5.25% NaOCl membrane bioreactor, 5.25% NaOCl
Table 8: Summary of cytotoxic antibiotics (anthracycline).