Persistence, environmental hazards, and mitigation of pharmaceutically active residual contaminants from water matrices

RB González-González, P Sharma, SP Singh… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical compounds are designed to elicit a biological reaction in specific
organisms. However, they may also elicit a biological response in non-specific organisms …

Emerging micropollutants in aquatic ecosystems and nanotechnology-based removal alternatives: a review

N Narwal, D Katyal, N Kataria, PK Rose, SG Warkar… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a significant concern about the accessibility of uncontaminated and safe drinking
water, a fundamental necessity for human beings. This concern is attributed to the toxic …

Sustainable adsorbents for the removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater: A review

V Vinayagam, S Murugan, R Kumaresan, M Narayanan… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the previous three decades, the worldwide use of pharmaceuticals has surged by more
than 2.5 times. Although being considered essential to save many lives, pharmaceuticals …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term interactions between microplastics and floating macrophyte Lemna minor: The potential for phytoremediation of microplastics in the aquatic …

U Rozman, AJ Kokalj, A Dolar, D Drobne… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The presence of microplastics (MPs) in the environment has raised many concerns, and
therefore approaches and technologies to remove them in situ are of high interest. In this …

Application of duckweed (Lemna sp.) and water fern (Azolla sp.) in the removal of pharmaceutical residues in water: State of art focus on antibiotics

I Maldonado, EGM Terrazas, FZ Vilca - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent decades, antibiotic residues in the environment have increased, affecting
components of biological communities, from bacteria to plants and animals. Different …

[HTML][HTML] Risk-based screening for prioritisation of organic micropollutants in Swedish freshwater

R Figuiere, S Waara, L Ahrens, O Golovko - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Concerns about environmental contamination by organic micropollutants (OMPs) are
increasing, due to their potential bioaccumulative and toxic properties. This study evaluated …

[HTML][HTML] Aquatic plants and ecotoxicological assessment in freshwater ecosystems: a review

S Ceschin, A Bellini, M Scalici - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
This paper reviews the current state-of-the-art, limitations, critical issues, and new directions
in freshwater plant ecotoxicology. We selected peer-reviewed studies using relevant …

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as emerging contaminants

EA Tyumina, GA Bazhutin, AP Cartagena Gómez… - Microbiology, 2020 - Springer
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are a group of pharmaceuticals widely used
for medical and veterinary purposes. NSAIDs have been found in nanograms and …

[HTML][HTML] Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging-based duckweed phenotyping to assess acute phytotoxic effects

V Oláh, A Hepp, M Irfan, I Mészáros - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Duckweeds (Lemnaceae species) are extensively used models in ecotoxicology, and
chlorophyll fluorescence imaging offers a sensitive and high throughput platform for …

Evaluation of ketoprofen toxicity in two freshwater species: Effects on biochemical, physiological and population endpoints

GD Alkimin, AMVM Soares, C Barata, B Nunes - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Among the most used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), ketoprofen (KTF)
assumes an important position. Nevertheless, its ecotoxicological effects in non-target …