Human pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment: a challenge to green chemistry

SK Khetan, TJ Collins - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
One goal of this review is to bring out that the chemical enterprise needs to work to reduce
society's uncertainties with respect to the safety of persistent or pseudopersistent …

Ecosystem services provided by birds

CJ Whelan, DG Wenny… - Annals of the New York …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem services are natural processes that benefit humans. Birds contribute the four
types of services recognized by the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment—provisioning …

[HTML][HTML] Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective activities of Terminalia bellirica and its bioactive component ellagic acid against diclofenac induced …

A Gupta, R Kumar, R Ganguly, AK Singh, HK Rana… - Toxicology reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Long term usage and overdose of diclofenac (DCF), an anti-inflammatory drug is known to
cause oxidative stress and liver injury. The present study reports the antioxidant, anti …

Environmental side effects of pharmaceutical cocktails: What we know and what we should know

MI Vasquez, A Lambrianides, M Schneider… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2014 - Elsevier
Cocktails of pharmaceuticals are released in the environment after human consumption and
due to the incomplete removal at the wastewater treatment plants. Pharmaceuticals are …

Uptake and translocation of metformin, ciprofloxacin and narasin in forage-and crop plants

T Eggen, TN Asp, K Grave, V Hormazabal - Chemosphere, 2011 - Elsevier
Transfer of bioactive organic compounds from soil to plants might represent animal and
human health risks. Sewage sludge and manure are potential sources for bioactive …

Systems toxicology approaches for understanding the joint effects of environmental chemical mixtures

DJ Spurgeon, OAH Jones, JLCM Dorne… - Science of the total …, 2010 - Elsevier
Environmental mixtures of chemicals constitute a prevalent issue in ecotoxicology and the
development of new methods to reduce the uncertainties associated with their ecological …

Ecotoxicological risk assessment and seasonal variation of some pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the sewage treatment plant and surface water bodies …

G Archana, R Dhodapkar, A Kumar - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2017 - Springer
This paper reports the seasonal variation and environmental quality control data for five
fingerprint pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs)(acetaminophen …

[HTML][HTML] A Study on the Degradation of Carbamazepine and Ibuprofen by TiO2 & ZnO Photocatalysis upon UV/Visible-Light Irradiation

I Georgaki, E Vasilaki, N Katsarakis - American Journal of Analytical …, 2014 - scirp.org
The degradation of carbamazepine (CBZ) and ibuprofen (IBP) in aqueous matrices was
investigated by TiO 2 and ZnO photocatalysis initiated by UV-A and visible-light irradiation …

Identification and prioritization of bioaccumulable pharmaceutical substances discharged in hospital effluents

J Jean, Y Perrodin, C Pivot, D Trepo, M Perraud… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The consumption of pharmaceuticals and their excretion in wastewater is a continuous
source of pollution for aquatic ecosystems. In certain cases these compounds are found in …

Ecotoxicogenomics: Emerging Technologies for Emerging Contaminants1

HC Poynton, CD Vulpe - JAWRA Journal of the American Water …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, new classes of aquatic pollutants have received attention from
environmentalists, scientists, and regulators due to their introduction into the environment …