Occurrence, removal and risk evaluation of ibuprofen and acetaminophen in municipal wastewater treatment plants: A critical review

Z Liu, Q Ma, L Dai, Z Dang - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Ibuprofen and acetaminophen as two anti-fever agents have been widely used in human.
Due to lack of full understanding, this work firstly summarized their occurrence and fate in …

Environmental protection by the adsorptive elimination of acetaminophen from water: a comprehensive review

CA Igwegbe, CO Aniagor, SN Oba, PS Yap… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Acetaminophen (ACT) is an effective and widely available analgesic and antipyretic used in
medical practice. It can get into water from veterinary use, medical waste and …

Acetaminophen micropollutant: Historical and current occurrences, toxicity, removal strategies and transformation pathways in different environments

HNP Vo, GK Le, TMH Nguyen, XT Bui, KH Nguyen… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Acetaminophen (ACT) is commonly used as a counter painkiller and nowadays, it is
increasingly present in the natural water environment. Although its concentrations are …

Application of duckweed (Lemna sp.) and water fern (Azolla sp.) in the removal of pharmaceutical residues in water: State of art focus on antibiotics

I Maldonado, EGM Terrazas, FZ Vilca - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent decades, antibiotic residues in the environment have increased, affecting
components of biological communities, from bacteria to plants and animals. Different …

A review on the degradation of acetaminophen by advanced oxidation process: pathway, by-products, biotoxicity, and density functional theory calculation

M Qutob, MA Hussein, KA Alamry, M Rafatullah - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Water scarcity and the accumulation of recalcitrance compounds into the environment are
the main reasons behind the attraction of researchers to use advanced oxidation processes …

Possible ecological risk of two pharmaceuticals diclofenac and paracetamol demonstrated on a model plant Lemna minor

M Kummerová, Š Zezulka, P Babula, J Tříska - Journal of hazardous …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lemna minor is often used in environmental risk assessment and it can be supposed that
usually evaluated parameters will be reliable even for assessing the risk of pharmaceuticals …

Accumulation of proline in plants under contaminated soils—are we on the same page?

S Spormann, P Nadais, F Sousa, M Pinto, M Martins… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Agricultural soil degradation is occurring at unprecedented rates, not only as an indirect
effect of climate change (CC) but also due to intensified agricultural practices which affect …

Removal and monitoring acetaminophen-contaminated hospital wastewater by vertical flow constructed wetland and peroxidase enzymes

HNP Vo, T Koottatep, SK Chapagain… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hospital wastewater contains acetaminophen (ACT) and nutrient, which need adequate
removal and monitoring to prevent impact to environment and community. This study …

Analysis of the presence of anti-inflammatories drugs in surface water: A case study in Beberibe river-PE, Brazil.

TB Veras, ALR de Paiva, MMMB Duarte, DC Napoleão… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
The contamination of water by drug residues has occurred all over the world, arousing
interest of the scientific community due to possible deleterious effects that can cause to …

Evaluation of ecotoxicological effects of drugs on Daphnia magna using different enzymatic biomarkers

LLD Oliveira, SC Antunes, F Gonçalves… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The increasing occurrence of pharmaceutical drugs in the aquatic environment is cause of
concern, due to the possibility of toxic phenomena in non-target species, including oxidative …