Pharmaceuticals of emerging concern in aquatic systems: chemistry, occurrence, effects, and removal methods

M Patel, R Kumar, K Kishor, T Mlsna… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the last few decades, pharmaceuticals, credited with saving millions of lives, have
emerged as a new class of environmental contaminant. These compounds can have both …

How to decrease pharmaceuticals in the environment? A review

M Caban, P Stepnowski - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021 - Springer
The global problem of the presence of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals in the
environment is under investigation. Despite the increase in the knowledge of its sources …

Chiral pharmaceuticals: A review on their environmental occurrence and fate processes

E Sanganyado, Z Lu, Q Fu, D Schlenk, J Gan - Water Research, 2017 - Elsevier
More than 50% of pharmaceuticals in current use are chiral compounds. Enantiomers of the
same pharmaceutical have identical physicochemical properties, but may exhibit differences …

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in waters: occurrence, toxicity, and risk

L Cizmas, VK Sharma, CM Gray… - Environmental chemistry …, 2015 - Springer
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCP) are compounds with special physical
and chemical properties that address the care of animal and human health. PPCP have …

Water analysis: emerging contaminants and current issues

SD Richardson, TA Ternes - Analytical chemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
■ BACKGROUND This biennial review covers developments in water analysis for emerging
environmental contaminants over the period of 2011− 2013. Analytical Chemistry's policy is …

Assessment of the mechanisms involved in the removal of emerging contaminants by microalgae from wastewater: a laboratory scale study

V Matamoros, E Uggetti, J García, JM Bayona - Journal of hazardous …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Aerated batch reactors (2.5 L) fed either with urban or synthetic wastewater were
inoculated with microalgae (dominated by Chlorella sp. and Scenedesmus sp.) to remove …

Global risk of pharmaceutical contamination from highly populated developing countries

MSU Rehman, N Rashid, M Ashfaq, A Saif, N Ahmad… - Chemosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
Global pharmaceutical industry has relocated from the west to Asian countries to ensure
competitive advantage. This industrial relocation has posed serious threats to the …

Characterization of pharmaceutically active compounds in Dongting Lake, China: occurrence, chiral profiling and environmental risk

R Ma, B Wang, S Lu, Y Zhang, L Yin, J Huang… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Twenty commonly used pharmaceuticals including eight chiral drugs were investigated in
Dongting Lake, China. The contamination level was relatively low on a global scale. Twelve …

Synthetic cathinones: recent developments, enantioselectivity studies and enantioseparation methods

AS Almeida, B Silva, PG Pinho, F Remião… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
New psychoactive substances represent a public health threat since they are not controlled
by international conventions, are easily accessible online and are sold as a legal alternative …

[HTML][HTML] Chiral pharmaceuticals: environment sources, potential human health impacts, remediation technologies and future perspective

Y Zhou, S Wu, H Zhou, H Huang, J Zhao, Y Deng… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chiral pharmaceuticals (CPs), including non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), β-
blockers and some herbicide and pesticides, are widely used in aquaculture, clinical …