Table 2.
Effect concentrations derived from concentration-response curves of the single nanoparticles and the mixtures a.
Materials | Scenedesmus obliquus | Chlorella pyrenoidosa | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Single Toxicity | EC10 (mg/L) | EC50 (mg/L) | EC10 (mg/L) | EC50 (mg/L) | |
TiO2 NPs | 2.33 | 19.75 | 0.13 | 5.38 | |
[1.75–3.44] | [17.02–23.00] | [0.11–0.14] | [3.36–8.23] | ||
TiO2 NTs | 13.16 | 211.26 | 0.002 | 4.87 | |
[5.08–25.75] | [152.01–427.73] | [0.002–0.004] | [2.81–9.66] | ||
Combined Toxicity | EC50 (mg/L) | EC50 (mg/L) | |||
TiO2
NPs + NTs |
OBS | 85.04 [69.50–102.54] | 2.05 [1.16–3.88] | ||
IA | 56.30 [56.17–56.42] | 1.08 [0.91–1.34] | |||
CA | 99.46 [99.09–99.81] | 5.96 [4.97–7.36] |
a EC10/EC50 = 10%/mean effect concentration. The 95% two-sided confidence interval is shown in []; OBS = observed combined toxicity; IA = independent action; CA = concentration addition.