Several studies have indicated that hospital effluents can produce genotoxic and mutagenic effects, cytotoxicity, hematological and histological alterations, embryotoxicity, and oxidative stress in diverse water organisms, ...

Metformin (MET) is among the most consumed drugs around the world, and thus, it is considered the uppermost drug in mass discharged into water settings. Nonetheless, data about the deleterious consequences of MET on water ...

Fluoxetine (FLX) is a psychoactive drug that acts as an antidepressant. FLX is one of the world's best-selling pre- scription antidepressants. FLX is widely used for the treatment of various psychiatric disorders. For these ...

Fluoxetine (FLX) exerts its therapeutic effect by inhibiting the presynaptic reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin. Nonetheless, at high concentrations of this drug, adverse effects occur in the brain of exposed or- ...

Los antibióticos desde su descubrimiento, han sido utilizados para tratar enfermedades en humanos ocasionadas por agente patógenos, pero también han sido ocupados para prevenir y tratar infecciones en animales y plantas ...

Nonetheless, information regarding the toxicity of ciprofloxacin (CPX) and the CPX-PCM mixture is still limited. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the hepatotoxic and genotoxic effects that ciprofloxacin alone and in combination ...

The variety of activities carried out within hospitals results in their "nal discharges being considered hotspots for the emission of emerging pollutants. Hospital ef!uents contain different substances capable of altering ...

Pharmaceuticals are used for the prevention or treatment of diseases, and due to their manufacturing process they are continuously released to water bodies. One of the pharmacological groups detected in aquatic en- vironments ...

Oxidative imbalance as a pathophysiological mechanism has been reported as an adverse outcome in pregnant women who develop preeclampsia and in their newborns. Furthermore, emerging evidence suggests the same mechanism by ...