Paracetamol in Environment and its Degradation by Different Processes

Edrees, Wadhah; Al-kaf, Ali; Abdullah, Qais

ISBN 10: 6202079169 / ISBN 13: 9786202079167

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paracetamol in Environment and its Degradation by Different Processes
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 6202079169
• ISBN 13: 9786202079167
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Paracetamol has emerged as one of the most frequent pharmaceuticals that found in natural waters and even in drinking water due to its high consumption and uncontrolled discharge of wastewater effluent to an environment containing this substance. This book considers being the first one that discusses the pathways of paracetamol leaching into the aquatic environment as parent compound from different sources. Also, it reports all previous studies which are achieved during eighteen years and detected the concentration of paracetamol on groundwater, drinking water, surface water, wastewater, and sewage water. Furthermore, it provides a further information for the reader about the paracetamol degradation by physical, chemical, and biological processes and combined between these processes as well as paracetamol degradation routes by each process. In addition, it discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each process routes applied for paracetamol degradation. Moreover, it will serve as a valuable source of data and literature for developing the commercial systems to treat paracetamol contaminated sources water.

About the Author

Dr. Wadhah Edrees has obtained his M.Sc degree in majoring of Microbiology in 2014 from Faculty of Science, Sana'a University. And now, he is a Ph.D student in Microbiology Branch, at the same University. He is the author of several articles published in reputed journals and is a member of the different international working groups.