A review of the biotransformations of priority pharmaceuticals in biological wastewater treatment processes

PY Nguyen, G Carvalho, MAM Reis, A Oehmen - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater effluent discharges have been considered as one of the main sources of
synthetic chemicals entering into the aquatic environment. Even though they occur at low …

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as emerging contaminants

EA Tyumina, GA Bazhutin, AP Cartagena Gómez… - Microbiology, 2020 - Springer
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are a group of pharmaceuticals widely used
for medical and veterinary purposes. NSAIDs have been found in nanograms and …

Diclofenac, carbamazepine and triclocarban biodegradation in agricultural soils and the microorganisms and metabolic pathways affected

JR Thelusmond, E Kawka, TJ Strathmann… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The incomplete elimination of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) during
wastewater treatment has resulted in their detection in the environment. PPCP …

Hazardous impact of diclofenac on mammalian system: Mitigation strategy through green remediation approach

P Sathishkumar, K Mohan, RAA Meena… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Diclofenac is an anti-inflammatory drug used as an analgesic. It is often detected in various
environmental sources around the world and is considered as one of the emerging …

Features of diclofenac biodegradation by Rhodococcus ruber IEGM 346

IB Ivshina, EA Tyumina, MV Kuzmina, EV Vikhareva - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
This study investigated the ability of rhodococci to biodegrade diclofenac (DCF), one of the
polycyclic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) most frequently detected in the …

Metabolism of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs by non-target wild-living organisms

E Mulkiewicz, D Wolecki, K Świacka, J Kumirska… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The presence of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in the environment is a
fact, and aquatic and soil organisms are chronically exposed to trace levels of these …

Evaluation of diclofenac degradation effect in “active” and “non-active” anodes: A new consideration about mineralization inclination

H Guo, Z Xu, D Wang, S Chen, D Qiao, D Wan, H Xu… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
This work investigates the electrochemical oxidation (EO) of diclofenac (DCF) in water with
Ti/Ti 4 O 7, Ti/Ru–Ir, Ti/Sb–SnO 2 and Ti/PbO 2 electrodes. Scanning electron microscope …

Cometabolic biotransformation and impacts of the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac on activated sludge microbial communities

LN Nguyen, LD Nghiem, BK Pramanik, S Oh - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the removal of diclofenac (DCF) in activated sludge and its long-term
exposure effects on the function and structure of the microbial community. Activated sludge …

Diclofenac biodegradation by newly isolated Klebsiella sp. KSC: microbial intermediates and ecotoxicological assessment

K Stylianou, E Hapeshi, MI Vasquez… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
The presence of diclofenac, a frequently used analgesic drug in the environment, can be
harmful to a variety of organisms like algae, crustaceans and fish. In this study, a bacterial …

Efficiency of the bank filtration technique for diclofenac removal: A review

JAA de Carvalho Filho, HM da Cruz… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bank filtration (BF) has been employed for more than a century for the production of water
with a better quality, and it has been showing satisfactory results in diclofenac attenuation …