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Valenzuela A, Ballestero D, Gan C, Lorca G, Langa E, Pino-Otín MR. Hydroquinone Ecotoxicity: Unveiling Risks in Soil and River Ecosystems with Insights into Microbial Resilience. TOXICS 2024; 12:115. [PMID: 38393210 PMCID: PMC10891836 DOI: 10.3390/toxics12020115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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Despite widespread industrial use, the environmental safety of hydroquinone (HQ), a benzene compound from plants used in processes like cosmetics, remains uncertain. This study evaluated the ecotoxicological impact of HQ on soil and river environments, utilizing non-target indicator organisms from diverse trophic levels: Daphnia magna, Aliivibrio fischeri, Allium cepa, and Eisenia fetida. For a more environmentally realistic assessment, microbial communities from a river and untreated soil underwent 16S rRNA gene sequencing, with growth and changes in community-level physiological profiling assessed using Biolog EcoPlate™ assays. The water indicator D. magna exhibited the highest sensitivity to HQ (EC50 = 0.142 µg/mL), followed by A. fischeri (EC50 = 1.446 µg/mL), and A. cepa (LC50 = 7.631 µg/mL), while E. fetida showed the highest resistance (EC50 = 234 mg/Kg). Remarkably, microbial communities mitigated HQ impact in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. River microorganisms displayed minimal inhibition, except for a significant reduction in polymer metabolism at the highest concentration (100 µg/mL). Soil communities demonstrated resilience up to 100 µg/mL, beyond which there was a significant decrease in population growth and the capacity to metabolize carbohydrates and polymers. Despite microbial mitigation, HQ remains highly toxic to various trophic levels, emphasizing the necessity for environmental regulations.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad San Jorge, Villanueva de Gállego, 50830 Zaragoza, Spain; (A.V.); (D.B.); (C.G.); (G.L.); (E.L.)
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Gomes WE, Corrêa AA, Beatto TG, Etchegaray A, Nogueira AB, Mendes RK. Removal of p-cresol using wash waters from lipopeptide production. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2023; 44:334-341. [PMID: 34407726 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2021.1970821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This work shows the efficiency of wash waters from lipopeptide production as a remediation strategy to treat urban water samples contaminated with p-cresol. The harvesting step in surfactin production involved a centrifugation step, generating a major soluble fraction and a fraction that is adsorbed to the biomass. The adsorbed fraction was recovered by washing steps. These wash waters containing lipopeptides (mostly surfactins), were successfully used to adsorb and solubilize p-cresol. The method of decontamination applied to an artificially contaminated natural water was monitored using a biosensor based on laccase/magnetic nanoparticles. Given the amount of surfactin within the wash water, the removal of p-cresol from artificially contaminated water was approximately 46.0%. This result confirms the successful and sustainable application of surfactin-rich wash waters to remove p-cresol from artificially contaminated natural water. The adsorption mechanism is potentially based on a multi-layer adsorption process, considering Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms.
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- Wyllerson Evaristo Gomes
- Faculdade de Química, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Ambientais e de Tecnologias, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS), Campinas, Brasil
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- Faculdade de Química, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Ambientais e de Tecnologias, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS), Campinas, Brasil
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- Faculdade de Química, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Ambientais e de Tecnologias, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS), Campinas, Brasil
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- Faculdade de Química, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Ambientais e de Tecnologias, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS), Campinas, Brasil
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- Faculdade de Química, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Ambientais e de Tecnologias, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS), Campinas, Brasil
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- Faculdade de Química, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Ambientais e de Tecnologias, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS), Campinas, Brasil
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Zhang J, Lei J, Liu Z, Chu Z, Jin W. Nanomaterial-based electrochemical enzymatic biosensors for recognizing phenolic compounds in aqueous effluents. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 214:113858. [PMID: 35952740 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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With the rapid development of industrial society, phenolic pollutants already identified in water are severe threats to human health. Traditional detection techniques like chromatography are poor in the ability of cost-effectiveness and on-site detection. In recent years, electrochemical enzymatic biosensors have attracted increasing attention for use in the recognition of phenolic compounds, which is considered an effective strategy for the product transfer of portable analytical devices. Although electrochemical enzymatic biosensors provide a fast, accurate on-site detection technique, the difficulties of enzyme deactivation, poor stability and low sensitivity remain to be solved. Thus, effective immobilization methods of enzymes and nanomaterials with excellent properties have been extensively researched to obtain a high-sensitivity and high-stability biosensing platform. Simultaneous detection of multiple phenols may become the focus of further research. In this review, we provide an overview of recent progress toward electrochemical enzymatic biosensors for the detection of phenolic compounds, including enzyme immobilization approaches and advanced nanomaterials, especially nanocomposites with attractive properties such as good conductivity, high specific surface area, and porous structure. We will comprehensively discuss the features and mechanisms of the main enzymes adopted in the construction of different phenolic biosensors, as well as traditional methods (e.g., adsorption, covalent bonding, entrapment, encapsulation, cross-linking) of enzyme immobilization. The most effective method is based on the properties of enzymes, supports and application objective because there is no one-size-fits-all method of enzymatic immobilization. The emphasis will be given to various advanced nanomaterials, including their special nanostructures, preparation methods and performance. Finally, the main challenges in future research on electrochemical phenolic biosensors will be discussed to provide further perspectives for practical applications in dynamic and on-site monitoring. We believe this review will deliver an important inspiration for the construction of novel and high-performance electrochemical biosensors from enzyme selection to nanomaterial design for the detection of various hazardous materials. We believe this review will deliver an important inspiration on the construction of novel and high-performance electrochemical biosensors from the enzyme selection to the nanomaterial design for detections of various hazardous materials.
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- Jing Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, PR China.
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Simultaneous electrochemical determination of morphine and methadone by using CMK-5 mesoporous carbon and multivariate calibration. Sci Rep 2022; 12:8270. [PMID: 35585173 PMCID: PMC9117690 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-12506-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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For the first time, a sensitive electrochemical sensor using a glassy carbon electrode modified with CMK-5 Ordered mesoporous carbon was fabricated for simultaneous analysis of morphine and methadone. Modern electrochemical FFT-SWV techniques and partial least-squares as a multivariable analysis were used in this method. CMK-5 nanostructures were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, and Raman spectroscopy. Variables such as accumulation time and pH for the proposed sensor were optimized before quantitative analysis. To train the proposed sensor, standard mixtures of morphine (MOR), and methadone (MET) were prepared in the established linear ranges of the analyzes. The results obtained from training samples were used for PLS modeling. The efficiency of the model was determined using test and real matrix samples. The root mean square error of prediction and the squared correlation coefficients (R2p) for MET and MOR were estimated to be 0.00772 and 0.00892 and 0.948 to 0.990, respectively. The recoveries in urine samples were reported to be 97.0 and 105.6% for both MOR and MET, respectively.
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Sensing Methods for Hazardous Phenolic Compounds Based on Graphene and Conducting Polymers-Based Materials. CHEMOSENSORS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors9100291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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It has been known for years that the phenolic compounds are able to exert harmful effects toward living organisms including humans due to their high toxicity. Living organisms were exposed to these phenolic compounds as they were released into the environment as waste products from several fast-growing industries. In this regard, tremendous efforts have been made by researchers to develop sensing methods for the detection of these phenolic compounds. Graphene and conducting polymers-based materials have arisen as a high potential sensing layer to improve the performance of the developed sensors. Henceforth, this paper reviews the existing investigations on graphene and conducting polymer-based materials incorporated with various sensors that aimed to detect hazardous phenolic compounds, i.e., phenol, 2-chlorophenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, pentachlorophenol, 2-nitrophenol, 4-nitrophenol, 2,4-dinitrophenol, and 2,4-dimethylphenol. The whole picture and up-to-date information on the graphene and conducting polymers-based sensors are arranged in systematic chronological order to provide a clearer insight in this research area. The future perspectives of this study are also included, and the development of sensing methods for hazardous phenolic compounds using graphene and conducting polymers-based materials is expected to grow more in the future.
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Jebril S, Sierra-Padilla A, García-Guzmán JJ, Cubillana-Aguilera L, Palacios-Santander JM, Dridi C. Highly sensitive nanoplatform based on green gold sononanoparticles for phenol determination in olive oil. J APPL ELECTROCHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10800-021-01544-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Various W and Mo co-doped titanium dioxide (TiO2) materials were obtained through the EISA (Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly) method and then tested as photocatalysts in the degradation of 4-chlorophenol. The synthesized materials were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy (RS), N2 physisorption, UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results showed that the W-Mo-TiO2 catalysts have a high surface area of about 191 m2/g, and the presence of an anatase crystalline phase. The co-doped materials exhibited smaller crystallite sizes than those with one dopant, since the crystallinity is inhibited by the presence of both species. In addition, tungsten and molybdenum dopants are distributed and are incorporated into the anatase structure of TiO2, due to changes in red parameters and lattice expansion. Under our experimental conditions, the co-doped TiO2 catalyst presented 46% more 4-chlorophenol degradation than Degussa P25. The incorporation of two dopant cations in titania improved its photocatalytic performance, which was attributed to a cooperative effect by decreasing the recombination of photogenerated charges, high radiation absorption capacity, high surface areas, and low crystallinity. When TiO2 is co-doped with the same amount of both cations (1 wt.%), the highest degradation and mineralization (97% and 74%, respectively) is achieved. Quinones were the main intermediates in the 4-chlorophenol oxidation by W-Mo-TiO2 and 1,2,4-benzenetriol was incompletely degraded.
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Improving removal of 4-chlorophenol using a TiO 2 photocatalytic system with microwave and ultraviolet radiation. Catal Today 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2016.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Govindhan M, Lafleur T, Adhikari BR, Chen A. Electrochemical Sensor Based on Carbon Nanotubes for the Simultaneous Detection of Phenolic Pollutants. ELECTROANAL 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201400608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ziyatdinova G, Saveliev A, Evtugyn G, Budnikov H. Simultaneous voltammetric determination of phenolic antioxidants with chemometric approaches. Electrochim Acta 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Govindhan M, Adhikari BR, Chen A. Nanomaterials-based electrochemical detection of chemical contaminants. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra10399h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Recent advances in the development of nanomaterials-based electrochemical sensors for environmental monitoring and food safety applications are assessed.
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- Department of Chemistry
- Lakehead University
- Thunder Bay, Canada
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