Pharmaceuticals as emerging contaminants and their removal from water. A review

J Rivera-Utrilla, M Sánchez-Polo, MÁ Ferro-García… - Chemosphere, 2013 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study was to conduct an exhaustive review of the literature on the
presence of pharmaceutical-derived compounds in water and on their removal. The most …

Recent advances in the removal of pharmaceuticals and endocrine-disrupting compounds in the aquatic system: A case of polymer inclusion membranes

A Olasupo, FBM Suah - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The presence of pharmaceuticals and endocrine-disrupting compounds in aquatic systems
is a matter of great concern. The occurrence, fate, and potential toxicity of these compounds …

Rapid analysis of multiclass antibiotic residues and some of their metabolites in hospital, urban wastewater and river water by ultra-high-performance liquid …

M Gros, S Rodríguez-Mozaz, D Barceló - Journal of Chromatography A, 2013 - Elsevier
The present work describes the development of a fast and robust analytical method for the
determination of 53 antibiotic residues, covering various chemical groups and some of their …

A water-stable Cd-MOF and corresponding MOF@ melamine foam composite for detection and removal of antibiotics, explosives, and anions

M Lei, F Ge, S Ren, X Gao, H Zheng - Separation and Purification …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water pollution has become one of the most worrisome environmental problems due to its
harmful to human health and environmental safety. Thus, the design and development of …

Enhanced adsorption of bisphenol A, tylosin, and tetracycline from aqueous solution to nitrogen-doped multiwall carbon nanotubes via cation-π and π-π electron …

L Yi, L Zuo, C Wei, H Fu, X Qu, S Zheng, Z Xu… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Doping heteroatoms in carbon nanotubes can substantially enhance the electronic
polarizability of the carbon surface and thus may facilitate adsorptive interactions of organic …

Degradation of 40 selected pharmaceuticals by UV/H2O2

BA Wols, CHM Hofman-Caris, DJH Harmsen… - Water research, 2013 - Elsevier
The occurrence of pharmaceuticals in source waters is increasing. Although UV advanced
oxidation is known to be an effective barrier against micropollutants, degradation rates are …

Flexibility induced high-performance MOF-based adsorbent for nitroimidazole antibiotics capture

Y Peng, Y Zhang, H Huang, C Zhong - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Efficient capture of nitroimidazole antibiotics from wastewater remains a serious task for
public health and environmental protection. In this report, we first propose a strategy of using …

Defective metal–organic framework derived from the waste plastic bottles for rapid and efficient nitroimidazole antibiotics removal

Y Heng, Z Fang, J Li, L Luo, M Zheng… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to alleviate the pressure on the ecological environment and human health caused
by wastewater of nitroimidazole antibiotics and poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) plastic …

Improved Visible Light Photoactivity of CuBi2O4/CuO Heterojunctions for Photodegradation of Methylene Blue and Metronidazole

AC Nogueira, LE Gomes, JAP Ferencz… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Herein, a one-step solvothermal method was applied to produce CuBi2O4/CuO
heterojunctions containing nanocolumns with small platelike nanoparticles homogeneously …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of metronidazole antibiotic using a new magnetic nanocomposite from simulated wastewater (isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies)

N Nasseh, B Barikbin, L Taghavi, MA Nasseri - Composites Part B …, 2019 - Elsevier
This experimental study was conducted on a laboratory scale to synthesize a new magnetic
nano-adsorbent and to examine its efficiency in removing metronidazole antibiotic from …