ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2020
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Sources, Toxicity, and Remediation Approaches.
Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 233 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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233 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,220 citations in OpenAlex.
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- TFOS Lifestyle: Impact of cosmetics on the ocular surface.The ocular surface · 2023Pooled it
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- Ambient Air Pollution, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, and Pubertal Development: A Critical Review of Emerging Evidence.Current environmental health reports · 2026Review
- Green synthesis and application of ZnO nanoparticles for removing malathion and pyrene from aqueous solutions.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Environmental Behavior, Toxicological Pathways, and Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs): From Molecular Structure to Human Health.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Morphostructural Analysis of PAH-Rich Human Adipose Tissue: A Potential Silent Sequestration Site.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread across the globe mainly due to long-term anthropogenic sources of pollution. The inherent properties of PAHs such as heterocyclic aromatic ring structures, hydrophobicity, and thermostability have made them recalcitrant and highly persistent in the environment. PAH pollutants have been determined to be highly toxic, mutagenic, carcinogenic, teratogenic, and immunotoxicogenic to various life forms. Therefore, this review discusses the primary sources of PAH emissions, exposure routes, and toxic effects on humans, in particular. This review briefly summarizes the physical and chemical PAH remediation approaches such as membrane filtration, soil washing, adsorption, electrokinetic, thermal, oxidation, and photocatalytic treatments. This review provides a detailed systematic compilation of the eco-friendly biological treatment solutions for remediation of PAHs such as microbial remediation approaches using bacteria, archaea, fungi, algae, and co-cultures.
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