Umweltanalytik

Antibiotics in sewage sludge

Antibiotics are a significant group of pharmaceuticals that are extensively used by humans and animals against microbial infections. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been generally suggested to be a dominant source of antibiotics present in the environment. The analytical determination from sewage sludge is challenging

TWAS-Antibio: QuEChERS exraction method for selected antibiotics in sewage sludge (DFG-TWAS; guest scientist: Akinranti Ajibola, Ibadan, Nigeria; Sept.-Dec. 2017)

Collaborator: Akinranti Ajibola, Ibadan, Nigeria

Publications:

  • Ajibola, A.S. and Zwiener, C. Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Antibiotic Residues in Sewage Sludge of Two Nigerian Hospital Wastewater Treatment Plants. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 2022, 233(10), 405.  DOI: 10.1007/s11270-022-05875-4
  • Ajibola, A., Tisler, S. and Zwiener, C. (2020) Simultaneous determination of multiclass antibiotics in sewage sludge based on QuEChERS extraction and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Analytical Methods.   https://doi.org/10.1039/C9AY02188D