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. 2015 Jul 2;10(7):e0131855. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131855

Table 1. Physicochemical properties of the studied antibiotics.

Antibiotics Class Water solubility LogKow Koc pKa Use d
  20°C (mg L-1) (L kg-1) (%)
Sulfamethoxazole a Sulfonamides 2800 0.89 219 5.8; 1.4 41
Sulfadiazine Sulfonamides 77 b -0.09 b 124 c 6.36 b 17
Trimethoprim a Diaminopyrimidines 1000 0.59 301 7.0 41
Enrofloxacine a Fluoroquinolones 100 2.32 2179 6.4; 7.8 47

a : [25];

b : [26];

c : [5]

d: field survey, 2011–2012

Kow: octanol-water partition coefficient; Koc: soil organic carbon—water partition coefficient; pKa: acid dissociation constant