The persistence of contaminants such as pharmaceutical products including antibiotics, anti-
inflammatory agents, hormones, and many other substances in aquatic environments has …

The presence of pharmaceutical compounds in the environment poses a significant threat to
human and aquatic animal health. Dexamethasone (DEX), a synthetic steroid hormone with …

The recent outbreak of respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes
coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has led to the widespread use of therapeutics, including …

Dexamethasone (DEX) is a synthetic steroid hormone that, owing to its endocrine disruptive
effects, has the potential to be detrimental. DEX must be successfully removed during …

Dexamethasone (DEX) belongs to a class of steroid hormones that can potentially be
harmful due to their endocrine disrupting properties. The efficient elimination of DEX during …

Sonochemical oxidation was employed for the degradation of the drug dexamethasone
(Dex). The oxidation at 20 kHz followed pseudo-first-order kinetics and increased with …

Commercial non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are considered as toxic to the
environment since they induce side effects when consumed by humans or aquatic life …

BACKGROUND The presence of micro‐pollutants in conventional wastewater treatment
plants raises environmental concerns due to their insufficient removal. Non‐biological …

Experimental design has been applied to consider any possible interaction between
process parameters with fewer experiments as well as to create a response model …

Due to its extensive use as a painkiller, anti-inflammatory, and immune modulatory agent, as
well as its effectiveness in treating severe COVID-19, dexamethasone, a synthetic …