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ReviewEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2025

Pharmaceutical waste management through microbial bioremediation.

Kishore Srinivasan, Raghu Chandrashekar Hariharapura, Subrahmanyam Volety Mallikarjuna

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Review in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kishore SrinivasanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Raghu Chandrashekar HariharapuraDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Subrahmanyam Volety MallikarjunaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India. vm.subra@manipal.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pharmaceuticals play a significant role in enhancing the quality of life. However, pharmaceutical products (PPs) manufacturing presents challenges, particularly in terms of waste generated, posing a risk to the ecosystem. Existing physical and chemical remediation methods are expensive and are not directly applicable for pharmaceutical remediation. Bioremediation using various microbial consortia has the potential to become a cost-effective solution when applied optimally. This review highlights the various pharmaceutical products, their occurrence in the environment, and their associated health risks. Further, various microorganisms employed in the bioremediation process and the techniques utilized to degrade diverse categories of pharmaceutical pollutants are discussed. Finally, the review highlights the limitations of using bioremediation for treating pharmaceutical waste and discusses alternative sustainable green pharmacy approaches to reduce the impact of pharmaceutical contaminants on the environment.

Indexed as

Biodegradation, EnvironmentalWaste ManagementPharmaceutical PreparationsPharmaceutical PreparationsBioremediationGreen pharmacyMicroorganismsPharmaceutical

Identifiers

PMID40163141
PMCPMC11958392

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