[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 …

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 …

A new approach of simultaneous adsorption and regeneration of activated carbon to address the bottlenecks of pharmaceutical wastewater treatment

W Qin, Y Dong, H Jiang, WH Loh, J Imbrogno… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
This study proposes a sustainable approach for hard-to-treat wastewater using sintered
activated carbon (SAC) both as an adsorption filter and as an electrode, allowing its …

RSM optimized adsorptive removal of erythromycin using magnetic activated carbon: Adsorption isotherm, kinetic modeling and thermodynamic studies

S Gholamiyan, M Hamzehloo, A Farrokhnia - Sustainable Chemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Erythromycin molecules are resistant in the environment due to the structure of its aromatic-
ring that makes it hard to remove or degradation. Nowadays, the presence of ERY in water …

Effective removal of azithromycin by novel g-C3N4/CdS/CuFe2O4 nanocomposite under visible light irradiation

S Shajahan, MA Haija - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the visible light active pristine, binary and ternary gC 3 N 4/CdS/CuFe 2 O 4
nanocomposite is prepared through a coprecipitation-assisted hydrothermal technique. The …

Occurrence and distribution of azithromycin in wastewater treatment plants, seawater, and sediments of the northern part of the Persian Gulf around Bushehr port: A …

F Mirzaie, F Teymori, S Shahcheragh, S Dobaradaran… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the environmental effects of COVID 19 is the contamination of ecosystems with
antibiotics due to their high consumption to treat this disease. Many years ago, the …

Acceleration of photo-reduction and oxidation capabilities of Bi4O5I2/SPION@ calcium alginate by metallic Ag: Wide spectral removal of nitrate and azithromycin

A Kumar, A Rana, C Guo, G Sharma… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wide spectral responsive photocatalysts with improved charge separation and transfer
capacity have attracted researchers for various photo-oxidative and reductive applications …

Phycoremediation integrated approach for the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from wastewater–A review

R Ricky, S Shanthakumar - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are of emerging concerns because of
their large usage, persistent nature which promised their continuous disposal into the …

[HTML][HTML] Azithromycin decomposition from simple and complex waters by H2O2 activation over a recyclable catalyst of clay modified with nanofiltration process brine

F Mojahedimotlagh, EA Nasab, R Foroutan… - … Technology & Innovation, 2024 - Elsevier
In the current research, the brine of desalination units on the Persian Gulf coast was used to
improve the catalytic properties of clay. The catalyst was used to degrade azithromycin …

Comparative analysis of UV-assisted removal of azithromycin and cefixime from aqueous solution using PAC/Fe/Si/Zn nanocomposite

A Mehrdoost, R Jalilzadeh Yengejeh… - Journal of Health …, 2021 - jhsss.sums.ac.ir
Background: Pharmaceutical pollutants are one of the most important pollutants for water
resources, and their health and environmental effects have been well estimated. Absorption …