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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Distribution and Chemical Analysis of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in the Environmental Systems: A Review.

C R Ohoro, A O Adeniji, A I Okoh, And O O Okoh

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C R OhoroSAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa. greatnemerem@yahoo.co.uk.
A O AdenijiSAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa.
A I OkohSAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa.
And O O OkohSAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa.
University of Fort Hare · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PPCPs are found almost everywhere in the environment especially at an alarming rate and at very low concentration in the aquatic systems. Many methods-including pressurized hot water extraction (PHWE), pressurized liquid extraction (PLE), ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE), and micro-assisted extraction (MAE)-have been employed for their extraction from both surface waters and biota. Solid-phase extraction (SPE) proved to be the best extraction method for these polar, non-volatile, and thermally unstable compounds in water. However, ultrasonic extraction works better for their isolation from sediment because it is cheap and consumes less solvent, even though SPE is preferred as a clean-up method for sediment samples. PPCPs are in groups of-acidic (e.g., diclofenac, ibuprofen, naproxen), neutral (e.g., caffeine, carbamazepine, fluoxetine), and basic pharmaceuticals, as well as antibiotics and estrogens amongst others. PPCPs which are present in trace levels (ng/L) are more often determined by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolent (HPLC-UV). Of these, LC-MS and LC-MS-MS are mostly employed for the analysis of this class of compounds, though not without a draw-back of matrix effect. GC-MS and GC-MS-MS are considered as alternative cost-effective methods that can also give better results after derivatization.

Indexed as

AnimalsChemical FractionationChromatography, GasChromatography, LiquidCosmeticsEnvironmental MonitoringEnvironmental PollutantsHumansMass SpectrometryPharmaceutical PreparationsCosmeticsEnvironmental PollutantsPharmaceutical Preparationsendocrine disruptorsliquid chromatography mass spectrometrypharmaceuticals and personal care productssolid-phase extractionultrasonic-assisted extraction

Identifiers

PMID31438569
PMCPMC6747491
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