Strategies in improving plant salinity resistance and use of salinity resistant plants for economic sustainability

N Munir, M Hasnain, U Roessner… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Production of food, fodder and plant vegetation declined rapidly around the world due to
climate change, increase in saline areas and loss of productive lands. A major challenge of …

From natural habitats to successful application-Role of halophytes in the treatment of saline wastewater in constructed wetlands with a focus on Latin America

AE Turcios, R Miglio, R Vela, G Sánchez… - Environmental and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In many parts of the world wastewater is not treated at all or only to a limited extend because
there are no resources available to establish an efficient wastewater treatment plant and …

A comparative study of activation of peroxymonosulfate and peroxydisulfate by greigite (Fe3S4) for the degradation of sulfamethazine in water

S Xiang, H Dong, Y Li, J Xiao, Q Dong, X Hou… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, greigite (Fe 3 S 4) was used to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) and
peroxydisulfate (PDS) for sulfamethoazine (SMT) degradation in water. The possible …

Carbon@CoFe2O4@Ag and hollow CoFe2O4@Ag nanocomposite: green synthesis of a photocatalyst and magnetic adsorbent for antibiotic removal from …

Z Bodaghi, F Pakpour, D Ghanbari - Journal of Materials Science …, 2020 - Springer
Nowadays antibiotics are one of the most widely used drugs with a high amount of release
in nature and a major contribution to environmental pollution. Activated carbon is one of the …

Screening of Emerging Pollutants (EPs) in Estuarine Water and Phytoremediation Capacity of Tripolium pannonicum under Controlled Conditions

AE Turcios, M Hielscher, B Duarte, VF Fonseca… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increasing number of pharmaceuticals in the environment and their difficult
biodegradation, can lead to bioaccumulation in different trophic compartments. Their …

Deciphering Ciprofloxacin's Impact on Growth Attributes and Antioxidant Compounds in Pasankalla Quinoa

AQ Ramos, YM Ramos, NMQ Camaticona, JLR Tejeda… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
The utilization of irrigation water contaminated with antibiotics can potentially affect the
growth and production of metabolites in crops. Thus, the effect of Ciprofloxacin (CIP) in …

Cytotoxic Activity of Saponins and Sapogenins Isolated from Chenopodium quinoa Willd. in Cancer Cell Lines

GN Carpio-Paucar, AI Palo-Cardenas… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The cytotoxic properties of two extracts from Chenopodium quinoa Willd. and three synthetic
sapogenins were evaluated in different cancer cell lines (A549, SH‐SY5Y, HepG2, and …

Enzymatic degradation of the antibiotic sulfamethazine by using crude extracts of different halophytic plants

AE Turcios, J Papenbrock - International Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The biodegradation of the antibiotic sulfamethazine (SMT) by using different crude extracts
of halophytes was investigated. For this purpose, crude water extracts of the halophytes …

Relevance of nitrogen availability on the phytochemical properties of Chenopodium quinoa cultivated in marine hydroponics as a functional food

M Murteira, AE Turcios, R Calado, AI Lillebø… - Scientia …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chenopodium quinoa is a salt tolerant plant species of high nutritional value with potential to
act as an extractive species under marine integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA). This …

Bioaccumulation of metals and granular sludge development in a newly-inoculated high rate anaerobic reactor

G Cuff, AE Turcios, E Mohammad-pajooh… - Bioresource Technology …, 2018 - Elsevier
For treatment of wastewater from soft drink production, a full scale (546 m 3) expanded
granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactor was inoculated with granular sludge previously used to …