Publications by authors named "Jerzy Pogrzeba"
Article Synopsis
- Drug overuse negatively impacts ecosystems, prompting efforts to reduce the environmental harm from pharmaceuticals.
- This study explored the ability of two cyanobacteria species to biosorb specific drugs—paracetamol, diclofenac, and ibuprofen—using advanced analysis methods.
- Results showed these cyanobacteria can effectively absorb paracetamol and diclofenac without toxicity, and may even promote growth and transformation of diclofenac into a dimer.
The dynamic increase in the commercial application of antimicrobial derivatives of boronic acids, and potential impact of their presence in aquatic systems, supports the necessity to study the toxicity of these substances towards microorganisms of crucial meaning in the environment. One example of the mentioned derivatives is tavaborole (5-fluoro-substituted benzoxaborole), a pharmaceutical agent with antifungal activity. Cyanobacteria were used as model organisms, which are photoautotrophic prokaryotes, as representative aquatic bacteria and photoautotrophs associated with the plant kingdom.
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