Abstract
The antibiotic moxifloxacin had a recent surge in its use due to its broad spectrum of activity. However, due to the low metabolization inside the organism, it became an environmental concern. Here, the photolytic degradation of moxifloxacin antibiotic in alkaline medium was carried out and monitored through SERS spectroscopy. Multivariate curve resolution method was applied to extract quantitative and kinetic information about the whole process, using correlation constraint to simultaneously quantify the variation of moxifloxacin concentration. The results showed that the photolysis follows an apparent first order kinetics with half-life of 47.5 min. Also, SERS spectrum along with the calculated Raman spectra suggest that cleavage of the diazabicyclonyl substituent is the preferred photodegradation pathway, in agreement with previous reports.
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