Large amounts of biosolids are produced as a by-product of municipal wastewater
treatment. They are composed of about 50% organic and 50% inorganic material. The …

Phytoestrogens are plant compounds with estrogenic activities. Many edible plants, some of
which are common in the human diet, are rich in phytoestrogens. Almost all phytoestrogens …

There has been increasing research focus on the detection and occurrence of wastewater
contamination in aquatic environment. Wastewater treatment plants receive effluents …

In this work, source pollution tracing of the sediments of the Danube River and its tributaries
in Serbia was performed using sterol ratios. Improved liquid chromatography-tandem mass …

The stress on the environment is increasing as the human population living on it increases.
Water eutrophication, a leading cause of impairment of many freshwater and coastal marine …

The effects of agricultural activities on stream water quality were assessed by nitrogen
analysis, further investigated by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) sterol …

This study assessed the efficiency of sewage treatment plants (STPs) in removing sterols
based on chemical analyses of both influents and effluents. Samples from 3s and three …

Southeast Asia has undergone rapid developments in terms of urbanization, economic and
population growth. The progress in sewerage treatment infrastructure has not kept pace with …

This study explores the relationships between faecal source tracking (FST) markers
(quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) markers and steroids), microbial …

In this work, the environmental distribution of steroid compounds and the level of sewage-
derived contamination were assessed using sterol ratios in the confluence area of two major …