Occurrence and toxicity of antibiotics in the aquatic environment: A review

P Kovalakova, L Cizmas, TJ McDonald, B Marsalek… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, antibiotics have been used for human and animal disease treatment, growth
promotion, and prophylaxis, and their consumption is rising worldwide. Antibiotics are often …

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 …

Occurrence of antibiotics in waters, removal by microalgae-based systems, and their toxicological effects: A review

C Yu, H Pang, JH Wang, ZY Chi, Q Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global antibiotics consumption has been on the rise, leading to increased antibiotics release
into the environment, which threatens public health by selecting for antibiotic resistant …

Review of aquatic toxicity of pharmaceuticals and personal care products to algae

X Xin, G Huang, B Zhang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) have been frequently
detected in the environment around the world. Algae play a significant role in aquatic …

Combined effects of sulfamethazine and sulfamethoxazole on a freshwater microalga, Scenedesmus obliquus: toxicity, biodegradation, and metabolic fate

JQ Xiong, SJ Kim, MB Kurade, S Govindwar… - Journal of hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigated the environmental effects of two common emerging contaminants,
sulfamethazine (SMZ) and sulfamethoxazole (SMX), and their mixture using a green …

Biodegradation of levofloxacin by an acclimated freshwater microalga, Chlorella vulgaris

JQ Xiong, MB Kurade, BH Jeon - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
The extensive contamination of levofloxacin (LEV) in aquatic ecosystems has attracted
increasing attention because of the potential for development of bacterial resistance and its …

Current progress in electrochemical anodic-oxidation of pharmaceuticals: Mechanisms, influencing factors, and new technique

J Zhang, Y Zhou, B Yao, J Yang, D Zhi - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Various pharmaceuticals have been detected in natural water and wastewater bodies,
causing threats to water ecosystem and human health. Although electrochemical anodic …

[HTML][HTML] Azithromycin induces dual effects on microalgae: Roles of photosynthetic damage and oxidative stress

Y Mao, Y Yu, Z Ma, H Li, W Yu, L Cao, Q He - … and Environmental Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are frequently detected in aquatic ecosystems, posing a potential threat to the
freshwater environment. However, the response mechanism of freshwater microalgae to …

Degradation of sulfadimethoxine in phosphate buffer solution by UV alone, UV/PMS and UV/H2O2: kinetics, degradation products, and reaction pathways

A Shad, J Chen, R Qu, AA Dar, M Bin-Jumah… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The presence of residual sulfonamide antibiotics such as sulfadimethoxine (SDM) in surface
waters has become an emerging concern due to their adverse effects on the environment …

Adsorption of sulfonamides on polyamide microplastics in an aqueous solution: Behavior, structural effects, and its mechanism

Z Jiang, X Huang, Q Wu, M Li, Q Xie, Z Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although microplastics (MPs) and sulfonamides (SAs) are emerging aquatic pollutants, the
structural effects of SAs following their adsorption on MPs and underlying mechanisms of the …