Is It Possible to Treat the Non-Soluble Pollutants in Water by Photo Catalysis? Application of Photo Catalytic for Degradation of a Macrolide Antibiotic

According to the UNO and the program NUPE (United Nation Environment), the water pollution is the leading cause of death worldwide. After the analytical confirmation of the presence of pharmaceuticals in aqueous matrices since the 70 s, many recent studies in Europe, North and South America, Asia an...

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Published in:Journal of materials science and engineering. A 2014-07, Vol.4 (7A)
Main Authors: Naitali, Fateh, Ghoualem, Hafida
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Catalysis
Catalysts
Degradation
Drugs
Materials science
Pharmaceuticals
Water pollution
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Summary:According to the UNO and the program NUPE (United Nation Environment), the water pollution is the leading cause of death worldwide. After the analytical confirmation of the presence of pharmaceuticals in aqueous matrices since the 70 s, many recent studies in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa show the universality of the presence of pharmaceutical compounds in aquatic environments. Not almost all drugs are soluble in water, which poses a big problem for their removal by photo heterogeneous catalysis. To solve this major problem, in this study we shall develop a methodology playing on the surface properties of the solvent and drugs to make their way through a photo catalytic degradation proceeds. The results obtained show that the degradation of the antibiotic non-soluble in water is possible by photocatalytic process.
ISSN:2161-6213