Pharmaceutical pollution in aquatic environments: a concise review of environmental impacts and bioremediation systems

M Ortúzar, M Esterhuizen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The presence of emerging contaminants in the environment, such as pharmaceuticals, is a
growing global concern. The excessive use of medication globally, together with the …

A critical review of advanced oxidation processes for emerging trace organic contaminant degradation: Mechanisms, factors, degradation products, and effluent …

A Tufail, WE Price, M Mohseni, BK Pramanik… - Journal of Water Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
The persistent nature and low biodegradability of a large number of trace organic
contaminants (TrOCs) reduce effectiveness of their removal by conventional wastewater …

Comparison of chemical and biological degradation of sulfonamides: Solving the mystery of sulfonamide transformation

J Hu, X Li, F Liu, W Fu, L Lin, B Li - Journal of hazardous materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Sulfonamides (SAs) are widespread in aquatic environments and pose serious
environmental risks. The removal efficiencies and degradation mechanisms of SAs in both …

Laccases: structure, function, and potential application in water bioremediation

L Arregui, M Ayala, X Gómez-Gil, G Gutiérrez-Soto… - Microbial cell …, 2019 - Springer
The global rise in urbanization and industrial activity has led to the production and
incorporation of foreign contaminant molecules into ecosystems, distorting them and …

Laccase-assisted degradation of emerging recalcitrant compounds–A review

P Bhardwaj, N Kaur, M Selvaraj, HA Ghramh… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The main objective of this review is to provide up to date, brief, irrefutable, organized data on
the conducted experiments on a range of emerging recalcitrant compounds such as …

Biocatalytic degradation/redefining “removal” fate of pharmaceutically active compounds and antibiotics in the aquatic environment

M Bilal, SS Ashraf, D Barceló, HMN Iqbal - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, the increasing concentration and persistent appearance of antibiotics traces in the
water streams are considered an issue of high concern. In this context, an array of antibiotics …

Filamentous fungi for sustainable remediation of pharmaceutical compounds, heavy metal and oil hydrocarbons

S Ghosh, I Rusyn, OV Dmytruk, KV Dmytruk… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This review presents a comprehensive summary of the latest research in the field of
bioremediation with filamentous fungi. The main focus is on the issue of recent progress in …

Immobilization of enzymes for bioremediation: A future remedial and mitigating strategy

P Somu, S Narayanasamy, LA Gomez… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the years, extensive urbanization and industrialization have led to xenobiotics
contamination of the environment and also posed a severe threat to human health. Although …

Recent development in the application of immobilized oxidative enzymes for bioremediation of hazardous micropollutants–A review

F Shakerian, J Zhao, SP Li - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
During the past several years, abundant progresses has been made in the development of
immobilized oxidative enzymes with focus on finding new support materials, improving the …

Technologies for removing pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from aqueous solutions: Recent advances, performances, challenges and …

T Liu, CO Aniagor, MI Ejimofor, MC Menkiti… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the removal of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) from
aqueous solutions has been gaining a lot of attention from researchers throughout the world …