Pharmaceutical Residues in the Environment

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Topic

Due to our way of life, pharmaceutical residues (active substances and their metabolites) appearing in the environment are an increasing problem. The course aims to give students an insight into how these compounds are released into waters and soils, how their presence can be traced, and what procedures are currently being developed to remove these environmental contaminants. During the practices related to the lecture, the students will get acquainted with the carbon nanostructures (e.g. carbon nanotubes, graphene nanoplates), which are the basis for promising developments in water purification. The experiments investigate how they can be used to remove various pharmaceutical residues from water. The practices are interactive, the students work in groups based on experimental descriptions while learning the techniques for performing the experiments and interpreting and presenting the results.

Lectures

• 1. Description of the course requirements. Pharmaceutical residues and their formation. - Lemli Beáta
• 2. Release of pharmaceutical residues into the environment - Lemli Beáta
• 3. Monitoring programs I. - Lemli Beáta
• 4. Monitoring programs II. - Lemli Beáta
• 5. Pharmaceutical residues in waters of Hungary I. - Lemli Beáta
• 6. Pharmaceutical residues in waters of Hungary II. - Lemli Beáta
• 7. Water purification methods I. - Lemli Beáta
• 8. Water purification methods II. - Lemli Beáta
• 9. Development of new water treatment processes for the removal of pharmaceutical residues I. - Lemli Beáta
• 10. Development of new water treatment processes for the removal of pharmaceutical residues II. - Lemli Beáta
• 11. Development of new water treatment processes for the removal of pharmaceutical residues III. - Lemli Beáta
• 12. Summary and conclusions - Lemli Beáta
• 13. Written test - Lemli Beáta

Practices

• 1. General instructions for work in the laboratory, safety precautions. - Lemli Beáta
• 2. Adsorption of pharmaceutical residues on carbon nanostructures I. - Lemli Beáta
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  3. Adsorption of pharmaceutical residues on carbon nanostructures I. - Lemli Beáta

  4. Adsorption of pharmaceutical residues on carbon nanostructures I. - Lemli Beáta
• 5. Adsorption of pharmaceutical residues on carbon nanostructures I. - Lemli Beáta
• 6. Adsorption of pharmaceutical residues on carbon nanostructures II. - Lemli Beáta
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  7. Adsorption of pharmaceutical residues on carbon nanostructures II. - Lemli Beáta

  8. Adsorption of pharmaceutical residues on carbon nanostructures II. - Lemli Beáta
• 9. Adsorption of pharmaceutical residues on carbon nanostructures II. - Lemli Beáta
• 10. Adsorption of pharmaceutical residues on carbon nanostructures III. - Lemli Beáta
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  11. Adsorption of pharmaceutical residues on carbon nanostructures III. - Lemli Beáta

  12. Adsorption of pharmaceutical residues on carbon nanostructures III. - Lemli Beáta
• 13. Adsorption of pharmaceutical residues on carbon nanostructures III. - Lemli Beáta

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Patrick J. Sinko: Martin's Physical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, e.g. 6th edition ISBN 978-0-7817-9766-5

Literature developed by the Department

The slides of the lectures are electronically available.

Notes

Recommended literature

Patrick J. Sinko: Martin's Physical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, e.g. 6th edition ISBN 978-0-7817-9766-5

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

No additional conditions for the acceptance of the semester.

Mid-term exams

One written exam on the 13th lecture, the acceptance level is 60%. The topics of the written test are similar to the topics of the lectures.

An accepted report about the practacies (lab book).

Making up for missed classes

There is no possibility to make up for a missed lecture and/or practice.

Exam topics/questions

The topics of the written test are similar to the topics of the lectures.

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Lemli Beáta