[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceutical compounds used in the COVID-19 pandemic: A review of their presence in water and treatment techniques for their elimination

CA Morales-Paredes, JM Rodríguez-Díaz… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, high consumption of antivirals, antibiotics, antiparasitics,
antiprotozoals, and glucocorticoids used in the treatment of this virus has been reported …

COVID-19 drugs in aquatic systems: a review

W Gwenzi, R Selvasembian, NAO Offiong… - Environmental chemistry …, 2022 - Springer
The outbreak of the human coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has induced an
unprecedented increase in the use of several old and repurposed therapeutic drugs such as …

Statistical modeling and optimization of dexamethasone adsorption from aqueous solution by Fe3O4@ NH2-MIL88B nanorods: Isotherm, kinetics, and thermodynamic

MH Mahmoudian, A Azari, A Jahantigh… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of pharmaceutical compounds in the environment poses a significant threat to
human and aquatic animal health. Dexamethasone (DEX), a synthetic steroid hormone with …

Evaluation of tetracycline removal by adsorption method using magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4) and clinoptilolite from aqueous solutions

M Rouhani, SD Ashrafi, K Taghavi, MN Joubani… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present study, Fe 3 O 4/Clinoptilolite nanocomposite was synthesized in the laboratory
as a magnetic nanosorbent; mentioned nanocomposite and Clinoptilolite were employed as …

A critical review on environmental presence of pharmaceutical drugs tested for the covid-19 treatment

RP Nippes, PD Macruz, GN da Silva… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a
pandemic. The outbreak caused a worldwide impact, becoming a health threat to the …

The effective adsorption of tetracycline onto MoS2@ Zeolite-5: adsorption behavior and interfacial mechanism

J Liu, H Lin, Y Dong, Y He, W Liu, Y Shi - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The agglomeration and limited number of marginal adsorption sites have always been the
restrictive factors for nano-MoS 2 adsorption performance. In this study, modified zeolite …

A high-performance composite CDs@ Cu-HQCA/TiO2 flower photocatalyst: Synergy of complex-sensitization, TiO2-morphology control and carbon dot-surface …

Y Chen, L Yang, Y Sun, R Guan, D Liu, J Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract A CDs@ Cu-HQCA/TiO 2 flower composite photocatalyst (CDs: carbon dots, HQCA:
8-hydroxyquinoline-5-carboxylic acid) was constructed by exploiting the synergy of complex …

Occurrence, fate, effects, and risks of dexamethasone: Ecological implications post-COVID-19

N Musee, LP Kebaabetswe, S Tichapondwa… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The recent outbreak of respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes
coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has led to the widespread use of therapeutics, including …

Photo-degradation of dexamethasone phosphate using UV/Iodide process: kinetics, intermediates, and transformation pathways

T Rasolevandi, S Naseri, H Azarpira… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study aims to develop a UV/Iodide process, as a novel procedure of Advanced
Reduction Processes (ARPs), and utilized it for photo-degradation, detoxification and …

Removal performance and optimisation of pharmaceutical micropollutants from synthetic domestic wastewater by hybrid treatment

A Mojiri, J Zhou, M Vakili, H Van Le - Journal of contaminant hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
Occurrence of pharmaceutical micropollutants in aquatic environments has been one
amongst serious environmental problems. During this study, two reactors, including a …