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Biodegradation in water

28-days Closed Bottle test following the OECD guideline 301 D was performed to determine the ready biodegradability of the test chemical at a temperature of 20°C. The test system included control, test item and reference item. Polyseed were used as inoculum at concentration as 10E7 to 10E8 CFU/ml. At the regular interval microbial plating was also performed on agar to confirm the vitality and CFU count of microorganism. The concentration of test and reference item (Sodium Benzoate) chosen for both the study was 4 mg/L, while that of inoculum was 32 ml/l. OECD mineral medium was used for the study. ThOD (Theoretical oxygen demand) of test and reference item was determined by calculation. % degradation was calculated using the values of BOD and ThOD for test item and reference item. The % degradation of procedure control (reference item) was also calculated using BOD & ThOD and was determined to be 78.31%. Degradation of Sodium Benzoate exceeds 13.25% on 7 days & 61.44% on 14th day.The activity of the inoculum is thus verified and the test can be considered as valid. The BOD28 value of test chemical was observed to be 0.52 mgO2/mg. ThOD was calculated as 1.30 mgO2/mg. Accordingly, the % degradation of the test item after 28 days of incubation at 20 ± 1°C according to Closed Bottle test was determined to be 40%. Based on the results, the test item, under the test conditions,was considered to beultimate inherently biodegradable in nature.

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Biodegradation in water:

28-days Closed Bottle test following the OECD guideline 301 D was performed to determine the ready biodegradability of the test chemical at a temperature of 20°C. The test system included control, test item and reference item. Polyseed were used as inoculum at concentration as 10E7 to 10E8 CFU/ml. At the regular interval microbial plating was also performed on agar to confirm the vitality and CFU count of microorganism. The concentration of test and reference item (Sodium Benzoate) chosen for both the study was 4 mg/L, while that of inoculum was 32 ml/l. OECD mineral medium was used for the study. ThOD (Theoretical oxygen demand) of test and reference item was determined by calculation. % degradation was calculated using the values of BOD and ThOD for test item and reference item. The % degradation of procedure control (reference item) was also calculated using BOD & ThOD and was determined to be 78.31%. Degradation of Sodium Benzoate exceeds 13.25% on 7 days & 61.44% on 14th day.The activity of the inoculum is thus verified and the test can be considered as valid. The BOD28 value of test chemical was observed to be 0.52 mgO2/mg. ThOD was calculated as 1.30 mgO2/mg. Accordingly, the % degradation of the test item after 28 days of incubation at 20 ± 1°C according to Closed Bottle test was determined to be 40%. Based on the results, the test item, under the test conditions,was considered to beultimate inherently biodegradable in nature.