Water,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
11(8), P. 1555 - 1555
Published: July 27, 2019
The
occurrence
and
fate
of
pharmaceuticals
in
the
aquatic
environment
is
recognized
as
one
emerging
issues
environmental
chemistry.
Conventional
wastewater
treatment
plants
(WWTPs)
are
not
designed
to
remove
(and
their
metabolites)
from
domestic
wastewaters.
treatability
pharmaceutical
compounds
WWTPs
varies
considerably
depending
on
type
compound
since
biodegradability
can
differ
significantly.
As
a
consequence,
they
may
reach
environment,
directly
or
by
leaching
sludge
produced
these
facilities.
Currently,
technologies
under
research
for
removal
pharmaceuticals,
namely
membrane
advanced
oxidation
processes,
have
high
operation
costs
related
energy
chemical
consumption.
When
reactions
involved,
other
aspects
consider
include
formation
harmful
reaction
by-products
management
toxic
produced.
Research
needed
order
develop
economic
sustainable
such
bioremediation
biosorption.
use
low-cost
materials,
biological
matrices
(e.g.,
algae
fungi),
has
advantages
low
capital
investment,
easy
operation,
costs,
non-formation
degradation
by-products.
An
extensive
review
existing
this
subject
presented.
Environmental Science and Ecotechnology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
13, P. 100205 - 100205
Published: Sept. 8, 2022
The
rapid
expansion
of
both
the
global
economy
and
human
population
has
led
to
a
shortage
water
resources
suitable
for
direct
consumption.
As
result,
remediation
will
inexorably
become
primary
focus
on
scale.
Microalgae
can
be
grown
in
various
types
wastewaters
(WW).
They
have
high
potential
remove
contaminants
from
effluents
industries
urban
areas.
This
review
focuses
recent
advances
WW
through
microalgae
cultivation.
Attention
already
been
paid
microalgae-based
wastewater
treatment
(WWT)
due
its
low
energy
requirements,
strong
ability
thrive
under
diverse
environmental
conditions,
transform
nutrients
into
high-value
compounds.
It
turned
out
that
WWT
is
an
economical
sustainable
solution.
Moreover,
different
toxins
are
removed
by
biosorption,
bioaccumulation,
biodegradation
processes.
Examples
agricultural
runoffs
textile
pharmaceutical
industrial
effluents.
mitigate
carbon
dioxide
make
use
micronutrients
present
paper
highlights
application
pollutants
commonly
mechanisms,
simultaneous
resource
recovery,
efficient
co-culturing
systems
along
with
bottlenecks
prospects.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
25(22), P. 21498 - 21524
Published: June 19, 2018
Currently,
analgesics
and
nonsteroidal
anti-inflammatory
drugs
(NSAIDs)
are
classified
as
one
of
the
most
emerging
group
xenobiotics
have
been
detected
in
various
natural
matrices.
Among
them,
monocyclic
paracetamol
ibuprofen,
widely
used
to
treat
mild
moderate
pain
popular.
Since
long-term
adverse
effects
these
their
biological
pharmacokinetic
activity
especially
at
environmentally
relevant
concentrations
better
understood,
degradation
such
contaminants
has
become
a
major
concern.
Moreover,
date,
conventional
wastewater
treatment
plants
(WWTPs)
not
fully
adapted
remove
that
kind
micropollutants.
Bioremediation
processes,
which
utilize
bacterial
strains
with
increased
abilities,
seem
be
promising
alternative
chemical
methods
so
far.
Nevertheless,
despite
wide
prevalence
ibuprofen
environment,
toxicity
mechanism
microbial
well
genetic
background
processes
remain
characterized.
In
this
review,
we
described
current
state
knowledge
about
biodegradation
mechanisms
provided
bioinformatics
analysis
concerning
bases
decomposition.
