Photocatalytic Degradation of Drugs under Light Irradiation

M.E. Grigore; R.M. Ion; R.M. Grigorescu; L. Iancu; P. Ghioca; R. Andrei; G.I Radu; M.I. Filipescu; A.A. Sorescu; A. Nuta; S.M. Doncea

doi:10.31926/but.ens.2019.12.61.2

Authors

M.E. Grigore ICECHIM Bucharest, Romania
R.M. Ion ICECHIM Bucharest; Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania
R.M. Grigorescu ICECHIM Bucharest, Romania
L. Iancu ICECHIM Bucharest; Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania
P. Ghioca ICECHIM Bucharest, Romania
R. Andrei ICECHIM Bucharest, Romania
G.I Radu ICECHIM Bucharest, Romania
M.I. Filipescu ICECHIM Bucharest, Romania
A.A. Sorescu ICECHIM Bucharest; Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania
A. Nuta ICECHIM Bucharest, Romania
S.M. Doncea ICECHIM Bucharest, Romania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31926/but.ens.2019.12.61.2

Keywords:

cytostatics, photocatalytic degradation, drug waste, emerging pollutants

Abstract

Pharmaceuticals released in the environment represent a major concern to the entire world. These pharmaceutically active compounds have been detected in several public water systems in Europe, Australia and USA. For this reason, it’s crucial to find solutions to destroy or inactivate this class of substances. In our study, we investigated the degradation kinetics of vinblastine, vincristine, docetaxel and epirubicin hydrochloride under light irradiation. Because of the urgent need to eliminate these compounds from hospital, zinc oxide particles dispersed into styrene butadiene styrene thin films (SBS_ZnO) was tested to reach better removal.