Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) have gained attention in recent years
due to their continuous discharge in natural waters. Their persistence in the environment …

Tea is a popular daily beverage worldwide. Modulation and modifications of its basic
components like catechins, alkaloids, proteins and carbohydrate during fermentation or …

The bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum PH04 was isolated from infant feces and tested
positive for bile/acid tolerance and bile salt hydrolase activity. It was evaluated as a potential …

Sorption and combined sorption-biodegradation experiments were conducted in laboratory
batch studies with 100g soil/sediments and 500mL water to investigate the fates in aqueous …

Coffee fermentation involves the action of microorganisms, whose metabolism has a
significant influence on the composition of the beans and, consequently, on the beverage's …

Pharmaceuticals have recently been regarded as contaminants of emerging concern. To
date, there is limited knowledge about antibiotic-degrading microorganisms in conventional …

Background Pu-erh tea is a traditional Chinese tea and produced by natural solid-state
fermentation. Several studies show that the natural microbiota influence caffeine level in pu …

With increasing global consumption of caffeine-rich products, such as coffee, tea, and
energy drinks, there is also an increase in urban and processing waste full of residual …

Caffeine, a purine alkaloid is a constituent of widely consumed beverages. The scientific
evidence which has proved the harm of this alkaloid has paved the way for innumerable …

The performance of a mixed-culture on the removal of caffeine (CFN), sulfamethoxazole
(SMX), ranitidine (RNT), carbamazepine (CZP) and ibuprofen (IBP) in a suspended growth …