Cultivation of microalgae on liquid anaerobic digestate for depollution, biofuels and cosmetics: a review

A Tawfik, M Eraky, NS Alhajeri, AI Osman… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Solid wastes from domestic, industrial and agricultural sectors cause acute economic and
environmental problems. These issues can be partly solved by anaerobic digestion of …

Methods to alleviate the inhibition of sludge anaerobic digestion by emerging contaminants: a review

A Tawfik, M Mohsen, S Ismail, NS Alhajeri… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
The rising occurrence of emerging contaminants in sludges both inhibits the anaerobic
digestion of sludges and induces health issues when sludges are recycled in agriculture …

Occurrence, environmental fate, ecological issues, and redefining of endocrine disruptive estrogens in water resources

M Bilal, D Barceló, HMN Iqbal - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing persistence of estrogenic pollutants in water resources is a worrying concern
because of their endocrine disrupting activities and potentially hazardous consequences on …

Cyanobacteria as a bioreactor for synthesis of silver nanoparticles-an effect of different reaction conditions on the size of nanoparticles and their dye decolorization …

S Husain, S Afreen, D Yasin, B Afzal, T Fatma - Journal of microbiological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles has paved the way for improving and
protecting the environment by decreasing the use of toxic chemicals and eliminating …

Antibacterial efficacy of facile cyanobacterial silver nanoparticles inferred by antioxidant mechanism

S Husain, SK Verma, M Azam, M Sardar… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles (NPs) have gained importance in technological advances owing to their user
friendly enhanced and efficient physical, chemical, and biological characteristics compared …

Bismuth impregnated biochar for efficient estrone degradation: The synergistic effect between biochar and Bi/Bi2O3 for a high photocatalytic performance

N Zhu, C Li, L Bu, C Tang, S Wang, P Duan… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
An innovative advanced oxidation process was successfully developed to photocatalytic-
degradation of estrone through the synergistic effect of biochar and Bi/Bi 2 O 3 in bismuth …

Algae-mediated processes for the treatment of antiretroviral drugs in wastewater: prospects and challenges

K Reddy, N Renuka, S Kumari, F Bux - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The prevalence of pharmaceuticals (PCs), especially antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in various
aquatic ecosystems has been expansively reported, wherein wastewater treatment plants …

Contaminant exposure and transport from three potential reuse waters within a single watershed

JR Masoner, DW Kolpin, IM Cozzarelli… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Global demand for safe and sustainable water supplies necessitates a better understanding
of contaminant exposures in potential reuse waters. In this study, we compared exposures …

Biotransformation strategies for steroid estrogen and androgen pollution

A Pratush, X Ye, Q Yang, J Kan, T Peng… - Applied microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
The common steroid hormones are estrone (E1), 17β-estradiol (E2), estriol (E3), 17α-
ethinylestradiol (EE2), and testosterone (T). These steroids are reported to contaminate the …

Screening of cyanobacterial strains for the selenium nanoparticles synthesis and their anti-oxidant activity

B Afzal, D Yasin, S Husain, A Zaki, P Srivastava… - Biocatalysis and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Selenium (Se) is a crucial trace element required by all living organisms and its deficiency
as well as excess is known to cause many diseases. Se substitutes when consumed in …