Browsing by Subject "Biodegradation"
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Active pharmaceutical ingredients in aqueous matrices : an integrated approach for assessing effects
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Πολυτεχνική Σχολή / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Engineering, 2012-12)Η παρουσία ενεργών φαρμακευτικών συστατικών (ΕΦΣ) στο περιβάλλον είναι αποδεδειγμένη από τα μέσα της δεκαετίας του 90 και οφείλεται στη δυσκολία απομάκρυνσης τους στους βιολογικούς σταθμούς επεξεργασίας λυμάτων. Οι δυνητικές ...
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Biodegradation potential of ofloxacin and its resulting transformation products during photolytic and photocatalytic treatment
(2013)The release of pharmaceuticals in the environment, as parent compounds, metabolites and transformation products, and the consequent risks posed to living organisms due to the unintended exposure of the latter to these ...
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Fabrication, characterization, and evaluation in drug release properties of magnetoactive poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(l -lactide) electrospun membranes
(2013)The fabrication of electrospun magnetoactive fibrous nanocomposite membranes based on the water-soluble and biocompatible poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), the biocompatible and biodegradable poly(l-lactide) (PLLA) and preformed ...
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Investigating the fate of iodinated X-ray contrast media iohexol and diatrizoate during microbial degradation in an MBBR system treating urban wastewater
(2013)The capability of a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) to remove the iodinated contrast media (ICM) iohexol (IOX) and diatrizoate (DTZ) from municipal wastewater was studied. A selected number of clones of microorganisms ...