Microbial transformation of widely used pharmaceutical and personal care product compounds
Abigail W. Porter, Sarah J. Wolfson, Max M. Häggblom, L. Y. Young
Abstract
Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are commonly used chemicals that are increasingly detected in urban-impacted environments, particularly those receiving treated wastewater. PPCPs may have toxicological effects on the macrofauna that are exposed through contaminated water; thus, there is interest in microbially mediated transformations that may degrade PPCPs. This review discusses specific examples of PPCP transformations that may occur in anoxic environments, including O-methylation and O-demethylation.
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Open peer reviewPlant biologyPhysiologyMedicineBiologyPharmacologyNeuroscienceBiochemical engineeringComputational biologyEngineeringBotanyPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsChemistry and Chemical EngineeringPharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting