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Potential tracers for tracking septic tank effluent discharges in watercourses by Richards, Samia, Withers, Paul J.A., Paterson, Eric, McRoberts, Colin W., Stutter, Marc

“…Septic tank effluent (STE) contributes to catchment nutrient and pollutant loads. To assess the role of STE discharges in impairment of surface water, it is…”
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Vitamin D Biofortification of Pork May Offer a Food-Based Strategy to Increase Vitamin D Intakes in the UK Population by Neill, Holly R, Gill, Chris I R, McDonald, Emma J, McRoberts, W Colin, Pourshahidi, L Kirsty

“…Hypovitaminosis D is prevalent worldwide, with many populations failing to achieve the recommended nutrient intake (RNI) for vitamin D (10-20 μg/day). Owing to…”
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Chloride methylation by plant pectin: An efficient environmentally significant process by HAMILTON, John T. G, MCROBERTS, W. Colin, KEPPLER, Frank, KALIN, Robert M, HARPER, David B

“…Atmospheric chloromethane (CH3Cl) plays an important role in stratospheric ozone destruction, but many uncertainties exist regarding the strengths of its…”
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Abiotic Methyl Bromide Formation from Vegetation, and Its Strong Dependence on Temperature by Wishkerman, Asher, Gebhardt, Sarah, McRoberts, Colin W, Hamilton, John T. G, Williams, Jonathan, Keppler, Frank

“…Methyl bromide (CH3Br) is the most abundant brominated organic compound in the atmosphere. It is known to originate from natural and anthropogenic sources,…”
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Approaches to herbicide (MCPA) pollution mitigation in drinking water source catchments using enhanced space and time monitoring by Morton, Phoebe A., Cassidy, Rachel, Floyd, Stewart, Doody, Donnacha G., McRoberts, W. Colin, Jordan, Philip

“…Freshwater occurrences of the selective acid herbicide 2-methyl-4-chloro-phenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) are an ongoing regulatory and financial issue for water…”
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The future is bright: Biofortification of common foods can improve vitamin D status by Neill, Holly R., Gill, Chris I. R., McDonald, Emma J., McRoberts, W. Colin, Pourshahidi, L. Kirsty

“…Vitamin D deficiency is a global concern, linked to suboptimal musculoskeletal health and immune function, with status inadequacies owing to variations in UV…”
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Evaluation of Chemcatcher® passive samplers for pesticide monitoring using high-frequency catchment scale data by Farrow, Luke G., Morton, Phoebe A., Cassidy, Rachel, Floyd, Stewart, McRoberts, W. Colin, Doody, Donnacha G., Jordan, Philip

“…Passive samplers (PS) have been proposed as an enhanced water quality monitoring solution in rivers, but their performance against high-frequency data over the…”
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Temporal variability in domestic point source discharges and their associated impact on receiving waters by Richards, Samia, Withers, Paul J.A., Paterson, Eric, McRoberts, Colin W., Stutter, Marc

“…Discharges from the widely distributed small point sources of pollutants such as septic tanks contribute to microbial and nutrient loading of streams and can…”
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Removal and attenuation of sewage effluent combined tracer signals of phosphorus, caffeine and saccharin in soil by Richards, Samia, Withers, Paul J.A., Paterson, Eric, McRoberts, Colin W., Stutter, Marc

“…Contaminants in septic tank effluent (STE) are expected to be removed by the soil system before discharging to the environment. However, potential contaminants…”
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Methoxyl groups of plant pectin as a precursor of atmospheric methane: evidence from deuterium labelling studies by Keppler, Frank, Hamilton, John T.G, McRoberts, W. Colin, Vigano, Ivan, Braß, Marc, Röckmann, Thomas

“…The observation that plants produce methane (CH₄) under aerobic conditions has caused considerable controversy among the scientific community and the general…”
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Enzyme‐Catalysed Synthesis of Cyclohex‐2‐en‐1‐one cis‐Diols from Substituted Phenols, Anilines and Derived 4‐Hydroxycyclohex‐2‐en‐1‐ones by Boyd, Derek R., Sharma, Narain D., McIntyre, Peter B. A., Stevenson, Paul J., McRoberts, W. Colin, Gohil, Amit, Hoering, Patrick, Allen, Christopher C. R.

“…Toluene dioxygenase‐catalysed cis‐dihydroxylations of substituted aniline and phenol substrates, with a Pseudomonas putida UV4 mutant strain and an Escherichia…”
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Halomethane:Bisulfide/Halide Ion Methyltransferase, an Unusual Corrinoid Enzyme of Environmental Significance Isolated from an Aerobic Methylotroph Using Chloromethane as the Sole Carbon Source by COULTER, C, HAMILTON, J. T. G, MCROBERTS, W. C, KULAKOV, L, LARKIN, M. J, HARPER, D. B

“…Classifications Services AEM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Isolation of lipid and 2-alkylcyclobutanones from irradiated foods by supercritical fluid extraction by Stewart, E M, McRoberts, W C, Hamilton, J T, Graham, W D

“…The 2-alkylcyclobutanone method was adopted as a European Standard (EN1785) and MAFF Validated Method (MAFF V37) in 1996 for the detection of irradiated food…”
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19F NMR study of fluorobenzoate biodegradation by Sphingomonas sp. HB-1 by Boersma, F.G.H, McRoberts, W.C, Cobb, S.L, Murphy, C.D

“…While several microorganisms readily degrade 2- and 4-fluorobenzoates, only a very small number appear to catabolise the 3-fluoro isomer, owing to the…”
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Bacterial dioxygenase- and monooxygenase-catalysed sulfoxidation of benzo[b]thiophenes by Boyd, Derek R, Sharma, Narain D, McMurray, Brian, Haughey, Simon A, Allen, Christopher C R, Hamilton, John T G, McRoberts, W Colin, O'Ferrall, Rory A More, Nikodinovic-Runic, Jasmina, Coulombel, Lydie A, O'Connor, Kevin E

“…Asymmetric heteroatom oxidation of benzo[b]thiophenes to yield the corresponding sulfoxides was catalysed by toluene dioxygenase (TDO), naphthalene dioxygenase…”
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Synthesis, structure and stereochemistry of quinoline alkaloids from Choisya ternata by Boyd, Derek R, Sharma, Narain D, Loke, Pui L, Malone, John F, McRoberts, W Colin, Hamilton, John T G

“…A range of seventeen quinoline alkaloids, involving several types of oxidations during their biosynthetic pathways, have been isolated from leaves of Choisya…”
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Identification of a phenolic 3-O-methyltransferase in the lignin-degrading fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium by Jeffers, Maurice R, McRoberts, W. Colin, Harper, David B

“…1 Microbial Biochemistry Section, Department of Food Science, The Queen's University of Belfast, Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX, UK 2 Food Science Division,…”
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Enzyme-catalysed synthesis and reactions of benzene oxide/oxepine derivatives of methyl benzoates by Boyd, Derek R, Sharma, Narain D, Harrison, John S, Malone, John F, McRoberts, W Colin, Hamilton, John T G, Harper, David B

“…A series of twelve benzoate esters was metabolised, by species of the Phellinus genus of wood-rotting fungi, to yield the corresponding benzyl alcohol…”
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Purification and properties of an S-adenosylmethionine: 2,4-disubstituted phenol O-methyltransferase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium by Coulter, C. (The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, UK), Kennedy, J.T, McRoberts, W.C, Harper, D.B

“…An enzyme catalyzing the O-methylation of acetovanillone (3-methoxy-4-hydroxyacetophenone) by S-adenosylmethionine was isolated from Phanerochaete…”
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Absolute configuration assignment and enantiopurity determination of chiral alkaloids and coumarins derived from O- and C-prenyl epoxides by Boyd, Derek R, Sharma, Narain D, Loke, Pui L, Malone, John F, McRoberts, W Colin, Hamilton, John T G

“…A combination method of ozonolysis and chiral stationary phase (CSP)-GC-MS analysis has been developed to determine the enantiopurity values and absolute…”
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