Environmental impacts of the widespread use of chlorine-based disinfectants during the COVID-19 pandemic

N Parveen, S Chowdhury, S Goel - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022‏ - Springer
Chlorinated disinfectants are widely used in hospitals, COVID-19 quarantine facilities,
households, institutes, and public areas to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus as …

Drug-induced liver injury and anti-hepatotoxic effect of herbal compounds: a metabolic mechanism perspective

J Rani, SB Dhull, PK Rose, MK Kidwai - Phytomedicine, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Background Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is the most challenging and thought-provoking
liver problem for hepatologists owing to unregulated medication usage in medical practices …

[HTML][HTML] Bioinspired engineered nickel nanoparticles with multifunctional attributes for reproductive toxicity

M Iftikhar, A Noureen, F Jabeen, M Uzair, N Rehman… - Chemosphere, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Nickel nanoparticles (Ni-NPs) have potential applications in high-tech sectors such
as battery manufacturing, catalysis, nanotube printing and textile. Apart from their increasing …

A comprehensive review on the integration of antimicrobial technologies onto various surfaces of the built environment

LX Yong, JK Calautit - Sustainability, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
With the recent surge in interest in microbial prevention, this review paper looks at the
different antimicrobial technologies for surfaces in the built environment. Every year, more …

Environmental and ecotoxicological effects of drugs used for the treatment of COVID 19

D Efrain Merma Chacca, I Maldonado… - … in Environmental Science, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Consumption of different pharmaceuticals has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some health institutions worldwide approved the use of drugs such as ivermectin …

Removal of residual chlorine from stormwater using low-cost adsorbents and phytoremediation

M Valentukeviciene, I Andriulaityte, A Karczmarczyk… - Environments, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
In recent decades, the pollution of water with micropollutants has become an increasing
environmental concern. Since 2019, increased stormwater pollution from chlorine-based …

Highly effective salt-activated alcohol-based disinfectants with enhanced antimicrobial activity

E Oh, SJ Choi, S Han, KH Lee, HJ Choi - ACS nano, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Surfaces contaminated with pathogens raise concerns about the increased risk of disease
transmission and infection. To clean biocontaminated surfaces, alcohol-based disinfectants …

Antiviral functionalization of cellulose using tannic acid and tannin-rich extracts

M Haapakoski, A Emelianov, D Reshamwala… - Frontiers in …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Due to seasonally appearing viruses and several outbreaks and present pandemic, we are
surrounded by viruses in our everyday life. In order to reduce viral transmission …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the recent advancements in adsorption technology for removing antibiotics from hospital wastewater

MW Nugraha, S Kim, F Roddick, Z **e, L Fan - Journal of Water Process …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Environmental contamination by antibiotics poses a significant threat to human health and
ecosystems. As one of the primary sources of antibiotic pollutants, hospital wastewater often …

An attention towards the prophylactic and therapeutic options of phytochemicals for SARS-CoV-2: A molecular insight

S Shoaib, MA Ansari, G Kandasamy, R Vasudevan… - Molecules, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
The novel pathogenic virus was discovered in Wuhan, China (December 2019), and quickly
spread throughout the world. Further analysis revealed that the pathogenic strain of virus …