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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Environmental Risk Characterization of an Antiretroviral (ARV) Lamivudine in Ecosystems.

Elizabeth Oyinkansola Omotola, Bettina Genthe, Luyanda Ndlela, Olatunde Stephen Olatunji

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 authors.

Elizabeth Oyinkansola OmotolaSchool of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa.
Bettina GentheNatural Resources and the Environment Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-1720-5593
Luyanda NdlelaNatural Resources and the Environment Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa.
Olatunde Stephen OlatunjiSchool of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antiretroviral drugs for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other viral infections are among the emerging contaminants considered for ecological risk assessment. These compounds have been reported to be widely distributed in water bodies and other aquatic environments, while data concerning the risk they may pose to unintended non-target species in a different ecosystem (environment) is scanty. In South Africa and other developing countries, lamivudine is one of the common antiretrovirals applied. Despite this, little is known about its environmental impacts as an emerging contaminant. The present study employed a battery of ecotoxicity bioassays to assess the environmental threat lamivudine poses to aquatic fauna and flora.

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EcosystemWater Pollutants, ChemicalAnimalsDaphniaHumansLamivudineOnionsToxicity TestsLamivudineWater Pollutants, ChemicalAllium cepaAmesbioassayschromosomal aberrationDaphnia magnaemerging contaminantsflora and faunaLactuca sativamortality ratemutagenicitySalmonellatoxicity test

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PMID34444108
PMCPMC8391970

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