Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products by White-Rot Fungi—a Critical Review

Current Pollution Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 88-103

  Asif, Muhammad B ^a   Hai, Faisal I ^a   Singh, Lakhveer ^b   Price, William E ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Lignin modifying enzymes (LMEs); Metabolites; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs); Redox mediators; White rot fungi

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034811272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21986592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40726-017-0049-5     Document Type: Review

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