Pharmaceuticals active compounds in the aquatic environment: a review

Pharmaceutical active substances utilised to treat human and animal diseases can launch into the environment through effluents from wastewater treatment plants and direct disposal of pharmaceutical compounds. Some of these compounds arrive in the environment as a parent compound or as active/inactiv...

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Main Authors: Yashni, G., Al-Gheethi, Adel, Radin Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira, Mohd Salleh, Siti Nor Aishah
Other Authors: Ghadzali, Nor Syafiqah
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UTHM 2020
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Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2720/1/Ch09.pdf
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author Yashni, G.
Al-Gheethi, Adel
Radin Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira
Mohd Salleh, Siti Nor Aishah
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description Pharmaceutical active substances utilised to treat human and animal diseases can launch into the environment through effluents from wastewater treatment plants and direct disposal of pharmaceutical compounds. Some of these compounds arrive in the environment as a parent compound or as active/inactive metabolites. Owing to their pharmacological action, their conceptions in the environment are significant, and thus this chapter reviews the understanding of the presence of pharmaceutical compounds in the environment.
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spelling uthm.eprints-27202021-11-29T03:19:58Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2720/ Pharmaceuticals active compounds in the aquatic environment: a review Yashni, G. Al-Gheethi, Adel Radin Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira Mohd Salleh, Siti Nor Aishah TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Pharmaceutical active substances utilised to treat human and animal diseases can launch into the environment through effluents from wastewater treatment plants and direct disposal of pharmaceutical compounds. Some of these compounds arrive in the environment as a parent compound or as active/inactive metabolites. Owing to their pharmacological action, their conceptions in the environment are significant, and thus this chapter reviews the understanding of the presence of pharmaceutical compounds in the environment. Penerbit UTHM Ghadzali, Nor Syafiqah Mohd. Salleh, Siti Nor Aishah Radin Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira Hamdan, Rafidah 2020 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2720/1/Ch09.pdf Yashni, G. and Al-Gheethi, Adel and Radin Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira and Mohd Salleh, Siti Nor Aishah (2020) Pharmaceuticals active compounds in the aquatic environment: a review. In: Water and Environmental Engineering. Penerbit UTHM, pp. 112-119. ISBN 978-967-2916-39-0
spellingShingle TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
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Al-Gheethi, Adel
Radin Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira
Mohd Salleh, Siti Nor Aishah
Pharmaceuticals active compounds in the aquatic environment: a review
title Pharmaceuticals active compounds in the aquatic environment: a review
title_full Pharmaceuticals active compounds in the aquatic environment: a review
title_fullStr Pharmaceuticals active compounds in the aquatic environment: a review
title_full_unstemmed Pharmaceuticals active compounds in the aquatic environment: a review
title_short Pharmaceuticals active compounds in the aquatic environment: a review
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topic TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
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