Pharmaceuticals boon or bane / Neha Agarwal, editor.
| Other author | Agarwal, Neha (Professor of chemistry) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2023] |
| Description | xiii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Environmental remediation technologies, regulations and safety |
| Contents | Release and accumulation of pharmaceuticals in the environment : critical risk assessment and challenges for environment, ecosystem and human health / Neha Agarwal, Vijendra Singh Solanki, R.R. Awasthi, Vimala Bind, Bhawana Edison, Mamta Verma and Virendra Kumar -- A comprehensive insight into historical, structural and mechanistic aspects of some commonly used pharmaceutics and their impact on human health / Rajeev Singh Yadav, and Neha Agarwal -- Pollution by pharma industries : an overview / Neeraj Mohan Gupta, Jagat Singh Kirar, Yogesh Deswal, Laxmi Deswal and Kailash Chandra -- Emerging trends in the pharmaceutical waste generation and disposal after COVID-19 / Nitin Gupta, Aradhna Patel, Haresh Kalasariya and Virendra Kumar Yadav -- A critical risk assessment of adverse effects associated with long term usage of various analgesics on human health / Anupma Singh -- A study of the diclofenac economy in the light of its indirect harmful effects on vultures, fishes, and human beings / Pratima Ghosh and Manjula Upadhyay -- Cocrystals of pharmaceutical drugs : a case study of paracetamol cocrystals with oxalic acid and 4, 4, bipyridine / Keshav Kumar Singh, Preeti Prajapati and Poonam Tandon -- Adverse effects of pharmaceutical industry waste and effluence on ecology / Rashmi Gupta and Rajendra Gupta -- Photocatalytic mineralization of pharmaceutical contaminants in water by heterogeneous photocatalysis in the presence of LED-irradiation : a green and sustainable approach / Vijendra Singh Solanki, Brijesh Pare, Neha Agarwal and Har Lal Singh -- A critical review on the treatment of pharmaceutical industrial effluents in waterbodies / Susmita Bajpai -- The latest trends in bioremediation of pharmaceutical contaminants : limitations and future prospects / Neha Agarwal, Rajeev Singh Yadav and Vijendra Singh Solanki -- Metal oxide nanomaterials and their diverse applications in pharmaceuticals and other domains of nanotechnology / Neetu Singh, Prabhat Kumar Singh, Jay Kumar Saini and Shalini Singh. |
| Abstract | "In recent years pharmaceuticals have come into focus as one of the major contaminants of the environment from various anthropogenic sources and are distributed widely throughout global environmental matrices. The continuous discharge of hazardous pharmaceutical waste by human activities in the natural environment often cause major environmental contamination problems and poses risks for human health and the ecosystem, although advances have been made to detect and analyze the trace pollutants in last few decades. With the continuous development and advancement in specific techniques a wide range of undetected pollutants of emerging environmental concern need identification and quantification in environment and biological systems. Even at low concentrations these pollutants may be persistent in air, water, soil, sediments and ecological receptors and may be detrimental to the environment and human health. In this book the focus will be on environmental issues due to continuous discharge and accumulation of pharmaceutical contaminants into water bodies and their impact on global health. The impact of NSAIDs on the various species of fishes & vulture, the generation of huge pharmaceutical waste post COVID-19 pandemic and ways to prevent accidental outbreak of diseases are specially covered. The objective of this book is to comprehend and discuss unpropitious effects associated with long term usage of various categories of drugs like analgesics, antipyretics, antibiotics, non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs and their metabolites on human health, the environment and ecology. This book will address all the issues of urgent concern and will be dealing with this important topic in a simple manner. Furthermore, it also aims to improve the knowledge of the possible ways to degrade these compounds after their release into the environment and obtain robust and cost efficient techniques and measures to be applied in removal of hazardous pharmaceutical contaminants from the environment. In recent times the issue of green and sustainable pharmacy has gained momentum. Sustainable pharmacy is a nascent approach which addresses environmental, economical and social aspects of pharmacy. The book covers various green and sustainable methods of treatment of pharmaceutical industrial effluents in water bodies, methods to mineralize pharmaceutical contaminants into simple substances and methods to improve the physical and chemical properties of drugs in order to make them more effective. It will also contribute to more rational and efficient use of pharmaceuticals with lesser burden on environment and reduced risk of drinking water contamination to save this planet"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022059678 |
| ISBN | 9798886974874 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (adobe pdf) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |