E. Fenyvesi et al., EXTRACTION OF PAHS AND PESTICIDES FROM CONTAMINATED SOILS WITH AQUEOUS CD SOLUTIONS, Journal of inclusion phenomena and molecular recognition in chemistry, 25(1-3), 1996, pp. 229-232
A new method for the mobilization of organic pollutants from contamina
ted soils has been developed using aqueous CD solutions. The CD deriva
tives (methyl, hydroxypropyl, polymer) are able to desorb the lypophyl
ic xenobiotics (pyrene, pentachlorophenol) sorbed on the particles of
the soil and to solubilize these organics via inclusion complex format
ion and make them more accessible for the microorganisms. The CDs them
selves do not pollute the environment being biodegradable.