Pharmaceuticals in freshwater aquatic environments: A comparison of the African and European challenge

S Fekadu, E Alemayehu, R Dewil… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hundreds of tons of pharmaceutical compounds are annually dispensed and consumed
worldwide. Pharmaceuticals are an important class of emerging environmental …

Endocrine disrupting compounds, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the aquatic environment of China: which chemicals are the prioritized ones?

C Su, Y Cui, D Liu, H Zhang, Y Baninla - Science of The Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), pharmaceuticals and personal care products
(PPCPs) have been of great concern as emerging contaminants of aquatic environment …

Selected pharmaceuticals in different aquatic compartments: Part I—Source, fate and occurrence

A Pereira, L Silva, C Laranjeiro, C Lino, A Pena - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Potential risks associated with releases of human pharmaceuticals into the environment
have become an increasingly important issue in environmental health. This concern has …

Fumagillin, a Mycotoxin of Aspergillus fumigatus: Biosynthesis, Biological Activities, Detection, and Applications

X Guruceaga, U Perez-Cuesta, A Abad-Diaz de Cerio… - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fumagillin is a mycotoxin produced, above all, by the saprophytic filamentous fungus
Aspergillus fumigatus. This mold is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause invasive …

Emerging and persistent pollutants in the aquatic ecosystems of the Lower Danube Basin and North West Black Sea Region—A review

CL Chiţescu, A Ene, EI Geana, AM Vasile, CT Ciucure - Applied sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The tremendous impact of natural and anthropogenic organic and inorganic substances
continuously released into the environment requires a better understanding of the chemical …

Photocatalytic Systems Based on ZnO Produced by Supercritical Antisolvent for Ceftriaxone Degradation

S Mottola, A Mancuso, O Sacco, V Vaiano, I De Marco - Catalysts, 2023 - mdpi.com
Emerging contaminants are a significant issue in the environment. Photocatalysis is
proposed as a solution for the degradation of pollutants contained in wastewater. In this …

Ecotoxicological aspects related to the occurrence of emerging contaminants in the Dinaric karst aquifer of Jadro and Žrnovnica springs

A Selak, JL Reberski, G Klobučar, I Grčić - Science of the total environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Karst aquifers are globally important source of drinking water and harbor specific
ecosystems that are vulnerable to anthropogenic contamination. This paper provides …

Determination of antibiotics during treatment of hospital wastewater using automated solid-phase extraction followed by UHPLC-MS: occurrence, removal and …

ZL Mthiyane, N Makhubela, H Nyoni… - Environmental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The extent of removal of pharmaceuticals by African-based wastewater treatment plants
(WWTPs) is relatively unknown with various studies observing high concentrations in …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing occurrence of emerging organic contaminants in Dinaric karst catchment of Jadro and Žrnovnica springs, Croatia

A Selak, JL Reberski, I Boljat, J Terzić - Emerging contaminants, 2024 - Elsevier
The occurrence of emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) was investigated in vulnerable
Dinaric karst catchment of Jadro and Žrnovnica springs in Croatia, under varying flow …

A filtration optimized on-line SPE–HPLC–MS/MS method for determination of three macrolide antibiotics dissolved and bound to suspended solids in surface water

V Licul-Kucera, M Ladányi, G Hizsnyik, G Záray… - Microchemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, a simple, automated multiresidue method consisting of on-line solid phase
extraction coupled to liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry has been …