Pharmaceutical biodegradation under three anaerobic redox conditions evaluated by chemical and toxicological analyses. 2018

Yujie He, and Nora B Sutton, and Huub H M Rijnaarts, and Alette A M Langenhoff
Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Biodegradation of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in the subsurface layer of constructed wetlands (CWs) under various anaerobic redox conditions is rarely studied. In this study, CW sediment microbial populations were enriched for PhAC biodegrading organisms. Biodegradation effectivity of a mixture of six PhACs (caffeine, CAF; naproxen, NAP; metoprolol, MET; propranolol, PRO; ibuprofen, IBP; carbamazepine, CBZ) and single compounds (CAF, NAP) was investigated under nitrate reducing, sulfate reducing, and methanogenic conditions using chemical and toxicological analyses. Biodegradation efficiencies varied strongly among the six PhACs and three redox conditions chosen. CAF and NAP were completely biodegraded under sulfate reducing and methanogenic conditions whereas biodegradation efficiencies of the other PhACs were much less (MET, PRO <20%; IBP, CBZ, negligible). CAF and NAP showed significantly lower biodegradation under nitrate reducing conditions than under the other two redox conditions. No difference was found in biodegradation efficiencies of CAF and NAP when present as single compound, or as a mixture with other PhACs. Different intermediates were observed, indicating different biodegradation pathways under different redox conditions and when the PhACs were present as single compound or in a mixture. From toxicological perspective, toxicity of PhACs and/or their intermediates to Vibrio fischeri was attenuated during the biodegradation process. Chemical and toxicological data showed positive correlations in principle component analysis, by which potentially toxic PhACs and intermediates are indicated for further ecotoxicological hazard assessment.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010084 Oxidation-Reduction A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another. The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p471). Redox,Oxidation Reduction
D004364 Pharmaceutical Preparations Drugs intended for human or veterinary use, presented in their finished dosage form. Included here are materials used in the preparation and/or formulation of the finished dosage form. Drug,Drugs,Pharmaceutical,Pharmaceutical Preparation,Pharmaceutical Product,Pharmaceutic Preparations,Pharmaceutical Products,Pharmaceuticals,Preparations, Pharmaceutical,Preparation, Pharmaceutical,Preparations, Pharmaceutic,Product, Pharmaceutical,Products, Pharmaceutical
D001673 Biodegradation, Environmental Elimination of ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES and other waste using living organisms, usually involving intervention of environmental or sanitation engineers. Bioremediation,Phytoremediation,Natural Attenuation, Pollution,Environmental Biodegradation,Pollution Natural Attenuation
D014874 Water Pollutants, Chemical Chemical compounds which pollute the water of rivers, streams, lakes, the sea, reservoirs, or other bodies of water. Chemical Water Pollutants,Landfill Leachate,Leachate, Landfill,Pollutants, Chemical Water
D048908 Aliivibrio fischeri A species of gram-negative bacteria in the genus ALIIVIBRIO, which exhibits LUMINESCENCE. A. fischeri is found in a symbiotic relationship with the SQUID Euprymna scolopes. Achromobacter fischeri,Bacillus fischeri,Bacillus phosphorescens indigenus,Einheimischer Leuchtbacillus,Microspira fischeri,Microspira marina,Photobacterium fischeri,Vibrio fischeri,Vibrio noctiluca
D053833 Wetlands Environments or habitats at the interface between truly terrestrial ecosystems and truly aquatic systems making them different from each yet highly dependent on both. Adaptations to low soil oxygen characterize many wetland species. Bogs,Mangrove Forests,Mangrove Swamps,Marsh,Marshes,Swamps,Bog,Forest, Mangrove,Forests, Mangrove,Mangrove Forest,Mangrove Swamp,Swamp,Swamp, Mangrove,Swamps, Mangrove,Wetland
D018675 Toxicity Tests An array of tests used to determine the toxicity of a substance to living systems. These include tests on clinical drugs, foods, and environmental pollutants. Tests, Toxicity,Test, Toxicity,Toxicity Test

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