Anticancer drugs are a group of therapeutic agents used to enhance cell death in targeted
cell types of neoplasia. Because of frequent use and eventual discharge, they have been …

Due to the growing problem of cancer diseases, cytostatic drugs have become a great
environmental threat. Their main sources are hospital effluents, household discharge and …

Anticancer drugs are continuously released into hospital and urban wastewaters, where
they, most commonly, undergo conventional treatment in wastewater treatment plants …

Emerging pollutants represent a group of synthetic or naturally occurring compounds that
are not normally monitored within the environment but can enter into the environment and …

Carbamazepine (CBZ), an antiepileptic drug, is one of the most commonly detected
pharmaceutical drugs in aquatic ecosystems, and is used as a marker of urban pollution …

Anticancer drugs are among the most toxic chemicals, which are commercially produced;
therefore, their release in aquatic ecosystems raised concerns in regard to potential adverse …

Abstract Cyclophosphamide (CP) and Cisplatin (CDDP) are antineoplastic drugs widely
used in the treatment of neoplastic diseases that have been detected in the aquatic …

The degradation of an anticancer drug by laccase was investigated for the first time, bringing
a new approach to treat these hazardous substances through the direct enzymatic …

Abstract Bicarbonate anion (HCO 3−) is a major constituent in wastewater and natural water
matrices, and the aim of this study was to investigate its roles in the degradation of the …

Anticancer drugs enter aquatic environment predominantly via hospital and municipal
wastewater effluents where they may, due to their genotoxic potential, cause adverse …