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Problems of Drug Residues Determination in Waste Waters
Lisá, Hana ; Márová, Ivana (referee) ; Hajšlová, Jana (referee) ; Kráčmar, Stanislav (referee) ; Vávrová, Milada (advisor)
The PhD thesis deals with determination of sulfonamides and tetracyclines in waste waters. Sulphonamides and tetracyclines are widely used in human and veterinary medicine. They are biologically active compounds and block biological processes in waste water treatment plants. These substances can influence microorganisms in the environment. Sulphonamides and tetracyclines induce resistance in low concentrations. These substances penetrate into the environment from industrial production, use in households, hospitals, veterinary clinics and fish farms. Tetracyclines and sulphonamides were determined in waste water from waste water treatment plants in Brno. Optimalization of extraction of these compounds was performed by solid phase extraction. Sulphonamides and tetracyclines were determined by liquid chromatography coupled with diode array detector or coupled with mass spectrometry. Optimalized method was used for determination tetracyclines and sulphonamides in waste water from waste water treatment plants in Brno in years 2007 – 2010.
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Study of selected antibiotics sorption on polyhydroxybutyrate
Amrichová, Anna ; Doležalová Weissmannová, Helena (referee) ; Řezáčová, Veronika (advisor)
The bachelor thesis deals with the issue of sorption of antibiotics on microplastics. Antibiotics and microplastics are now a highly studied topic, due to the positive and negative properties. Antibiotics with groups of sulfonamides and quinolones were selected for the experiment. From sulfonamides, sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim were selected, and from the quinolones, enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin, which have already been the impetus for some microplastic studies. Biodegradable polyhydroxybutyrate was used as the microplastic. Two experiments were performed in the laboratory. The first aimed to monitor the time dependence of antibiotic sorption on polyhydroxybutyrate, the second the concentration. The concentration dependence was subsequently evaluated using the Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms. The method of liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry was used for analyzes.
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Use of selected toxicity tests on organisms Eisenia fetida in assessing ecosystem contamination by selected drugs.
Kašpárková, Petra ; Vávrová, Milada (referee) ; Zlámalová Gargošová, Helena (advisor)
Constantly increasing consumption of drugs leads to the increase of the concentration of residues in various environmental compartments. For this reason the drug residues are nowadays classified as significant environmental contaminants. The drug residues enter the soil along with the application of sewage sludge either as a fertilizer or during fertilizing by animal excrements excreted after drug administration, eventually by direct contamination from treated grazing animals. The presence of these substances in soil has got negative impact on the sensitive soil ecosystem. The diploma thesis aims to evaluation of possible soil contamination with selected drugs through ecotoxicity tests. For this purpose sulfonamide chemotherapeutic agents, which are often used in veterinary medicine, were chosen, specifically sulfamethoxazole and sulfamethazin. Eartworms (Lumbricus) were selected as suitable test representative soil organism. In the experimantal part of this work the avoidance test according to ISO 17512-1 and modified bioaccumulation test according to OECD 317 methodology were performed. Bioaccumulation substances in oligochaetes, for which the artificial soil was prepared according to OECD 207 methodology, which was subsequently contaminated with above specified drugs. Although according to the results of determination of these substances there is no significant bioaccumulation in eartworms‘ tissue, these organisms are very responsive to the presence of contaminants in the soil environment. This is evident from the results of avoidance tests.
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Monitoring of sulfonamides in wastewater from sewage treatment plants with different treatment technologies
Chaloupková, Petra ; Dvořáková, Petra (referee) ; Vávrová, Milada (advisor)
The aim of this thesis is to determine the presence of pharmaceuticals in wastewater from several wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) with different number of equivalent persons and different treatment technologies. Five sulfonamides were chosen for a determination due to their wide usage in human and veterinary medicine practice. The specific compounds are sulfamerazine, sulfamethazine, sulfapyridine, sulfathiazole a sulfamethoxazole. For the determination of those sulfonamides, an UHPLC/DAD analytical method was chosen and optimized. There was also a need for optimization of SPE extraction method, especially a sample volume optimization. 250 mL was chosen as an ideal volume of wastewater sample for SPE. The optimized method was used for determination of sulfonamides in real wastewater samples from WWTP in Podivín, Pohořelice, Hustopeče, Valtice, Lednice and Mikulov. Average concentrations of pharmaceuticals in influent and effluent wastewater samples were in a range of 0,1 – 1 µg/l. The concentration of sulfonamides was mostly found higher in influent samples and lower in effluent samples. It can be said that a partial recovery of sulfonamides on WWTPs was observed.
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Determination of antibiotics in the soil ecosystem
Brož, Tomáš ; Zlámalová Gargošová, Helena (referee) ; Mravcová, Ludmila (advisor)
This work deals with a current issue of increasing drug concentrations and thus the growing number of resistant bacteria in the soil. One of the problem helping this issue is the fertilization of agricultural fields with animal faeces, in which antibiotics occur in an unchanged and still active form, as well as the insufficient effectiveness of conventional methods used in wastewater treatment plants. In an effort to improve the monitoring of this problem, a method for the determination of these antibacterial agents in the soil matrix, using solid phase extraction, and also a UPLC/MS method for their evaluation have been developed and optimized. From the group of sulfonamide antibiotics, sulfacetamide, sulfadiazole, sulfamerazine, sulfamethazine, sulfamethoxazole, sulfapyridine, sulfasalazine, sulfathiaosal and trimethoprim were selected. The lowest limit of detection for the method is 0.3 µg/g for sulfathiazole and the highest of 8.1 µg/g for sulfasalazine. The highest average yields were achieved with sulfamethoxazole, namely 63 ±8 %.
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Aplication of gas chromatography for determination of drug residuals in waters
Lacina, Petr ; Stoupalová, Michaela (referee) ; Vávrová, Milada (advisor)
Diploma thesis is focused on the choose of methods and optimalisation analysis procedure of selected pharmaceuticals (salicylic acid, ibuprofene, naproxene, ketoprofene and diclofenac) in surface and waste water by using gas chromatography with mass spectrometer (GC-MS). Solid-phase extraction (SPE) with Oasis HLB cartridges was used as an extraction method in this analysis. Extraction is followed by derivatization and their optimalization of selected pharmaceuticals. Derivatization and its optimalization were performed by two silylation reagens N-methyl-N-(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide (MSTFA) and N,O-bis(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide (BSTFA). Different volumes of derivatization reagents, different temperatures and different times were used during the procedure. The best combination is then used for analysis of real samples. Real samples of waste water were collected in sewage treatment plants in Brno – Modřice and real samples of surface water were collected from several rivers and one pond in region Moravia. This thesis also presents and tests SPE methods for extraction and concentration selected sulfonamide residues (sulfamethazine, sulfamethoxazole, sulfapyridine and sulfathiazole) from the aquatic environment.
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Sulfonamide residues in sediment and sludge from wastewater treatment plants
Chaloupková, Petra ; Lacina, Petr (referee) ; Vávrová, Milada (advisor)
The aim of the bachelor’s thesis was a method optimalization for extraction of sulfonamides from sediment and sewage sludge samples from wastewater treatment plants. This optimized method was used for analyzing sulfonamides in real soil and sewage sludge samples. Antibiotics are commonly used as a prevention and medicament for human and animals. Drugs and their residues enter to wastewater treatment plants within excrements and then they can be a part of sewage sludge or they can occur in treated water. It can also enter environment as a part of soils or sediments. Three extraction methods were chosen for optimizing; a pressurized solvent extraction, a microwave-assisted extraction and an ultrasonic extraction. Extracts were cleaned by solid phase extraction and analysed by liquid chromatography with diode array detector.
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Voltammetric determination of sulfathiazole on boron doped diamond electrode
Zich, Mikuláš ; Fischer, Jan (advisor) ; Schwarzová, Karolina (referee)
This bachelor thesis is dedicated to study of the electrochemically active substance sulfathiazole. Sulfathiazole is an antibacterial agent added to animal feed. As a result, it contaminates soil, water bodies and food. A boron-doped diamond electrode was chosen as the working electrode for voltammetric determination. First, the optimal pH for the study of sulfathiazole in the range of 2 to 12 by the technique differential pulse voltammetry was determined and the optimal pretreatment of the electrode before measurements. Subsequently, the calibration dependence was measured. Sulfathiazole was successfully dissolved in water at a concentration of c = 1·10-3 mol l-1 and Britton-Robinson buffer was used as the electrolyte. As the optimal pH was determined pH 6,0. At this pH, a relative standard deviation of sr = 5% was achieved. Standart deviation of 5 % has been achieved when the working electrode was polished before each measurement. Under these conditions, was calibration dependence measured in concentration range from 0,1 to 100 μmol l-1 . Linear dynamic range was calculated between 0,1 - 20 μmol l-1 . Limit of quantitation was found to be 97 nmol l-1 .
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Determination of antibiotics in the soil ecosystem
Brož, Tomáš ; Zlámalová Gargošová, Helena (referee) ; Mravcová, Ludmila (advisor)
This work deals with a current issue of increasing drug concentrations and thus the growing number of resistant bacteria in the soil. One of the problem helping this issue is the fertilization of agricultural fields with animal faeces, in which antibiotics occur in an unchanged and still active form, as well as the insufficient effectiveness of conventional methods used in wastewater treatment plants. In an effort to improve the monitoring of this problem, a method for the determination of these antibacterial agents in the soil matrix, using solid phase extraction, and also a UPLC/MS method for their evaluation have been developed and optimized. From the group of sulfonamide antibiotics, sulfacetamide, sulfadiazole, sulfamerazine, sulfamethazine, sulfamethoxazole, sulfapyridine, sulfasalazine, sulfathiaosal and trimethoprim were selected. The lowest limit of detection for the method is 0.3 µg/g for sulfathiazole and the highest of 8.1 µg/g for sulfasalazine. The highest average yields were achieved with sulfamethoxazole, namely 63 ±8 %.
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