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ReviewHeliyon2020

Ibuprofen as an emerging organic contaminant in environment, distribution and remediation.

Sunil Chopra, Dharmender Kumar

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Review in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
55citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 270 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Impact of therapeutic pharmaceuticals on water bodies: diagnosis, ecological threat, and removal strategies.Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research · 2025
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  13. The Potential Role of Ecotoxicological Data in National Essential Medicine Lists: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  15. Insect immunity in the Anthropocene.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sunil ChopraDepartment of Biotechnology, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal 131039 Sonepat, Haryana, India.
Dharmender KumarDepartment of Biotechnology, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal 131039 Sonepat, Haryana, India.
Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are the one of sub-class under emerging organic contaminants (EOCs). Ibuprofen is the world's third most consumable drug. This drug enters into our water system through human pharmaceutical use. It attracts the attention of environmentalist on the basis of risk associated, presence and transformation in the environment. The detection and removal are the two key area where we need to focus. The concentration of such compounds in waterbodies detected through conventional and also by the advanced methods. This review we described the available technologies including chemical, physical and biological methods, etc used the for removal of Ibuprofen. The pure culture based method, mixed culture approach and activated sludge culture approach focused and pathway of degradation of ibuprofen was deciphered by using the various methods of structure determination. The various degradation methods used for Ibuprofen are discussed. The advanced methods coupled with physical, chemical, biological, chemical methods like ozonolysis, oxidation and adsorption, nanotechnology based methods, nanocatalysis and use of nonosensors to detect the presence of small amount in waterbodies can enhance the future degradation of this drug. It is necessary to develop the new detection methods to enhance the detection of such pollutants. With the developments in new detection methods based on GC-MS//MS, HPLC, LC/MS and nanotechnology based sensors makes easier detection of these compounds which can detect even very minute amount with great sensitivity and in less time. Also, the isolation and characterization of more potent microbial strains and nano-photocatalysis will significantly increase the future degradation of such harmful compounds from the environment.

Indexed as

BioremediationDegradation intermediatesDegradation pathwayEmerging organic pollutantsEnvironmental analysisEnvironmental hazardEnvironmental healthEnvironmental scienceIbuprofenMicrobial ecologyNano based methodsToxicology

Identifiers

PMID32510000
PMCPMC7265064
OpenAlexW3029449692

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