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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Redução do Acefato utilizando lacases produzidas por Trametes villosa e Pycnoporus sanguineus com Trichodermas isolados do Cerrado / Reduction of the laccases produced by using acephate Trametes villosa and Pycnoporus sanguineus Trichoderma with isolated from Savanna

SILVA, Carolina Braz 23 August 2011 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:01:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carolina Braz Silva.pdf: 810800 bytes, checksum: 70f05bacdef63b8aef2325761ace6cca (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-23 / The organophosphate insecticides have been widely used for agricultural purposes. In the environment, organophosphates have been found in various environmental matrices, resulting in a growing environmental concern, among these compounds stands out Acephate, organophosphate and was registered by ANVISA reassessed in 2009, due to their toxicological and carcinogenic potential. The development of this work sought to select strains of Trichoderma harzianum capable of stimulating enzyme production by Trametes villosa and Pycnoporus sanguineus to promote the reduction of toxicity of Acephate. First there was the selection of strains of T. harzianum then became mixed cropping of selected strains of T. harzianum with Trametes villosa and T. harzianum with Pycnoporus sanguineus to determine the potential production of enzymes, and further tests were carried out with concentrations of 10% and 50% Acephate then held the toxicity test to assess the reduction of toxicity of Acephate. The results obtained in the experiments show that linhanges T. harzianum are good producers of lignin peroxidase (45 U.mL-1) and manganese peroxidase (23 Uml-1), the strains of T. harzianum were able to increase the production of Laccase in culture with T. villosa (20.57 Uml-1) and assessed that the fungi produced more enzymes in the presence of 50% Acephate. In toxicity tests, the samples with 10% Acephate addressed by the fungi indicated that compared to control, the association of P. sanguineus and Trichoderma T47 increased by 94% of cholinesterase, indicating a decrease in its toxicity, the association of P. sanguineus and Trichoderma harzianum ALL42 increase of 93% and the association between T. villosa and T. harzianum T39, an increase of 100% of cholinesterase, indicating that fungi were able to reduce the toxicity of Acephate. / Os inseticidas organofosforados têm sido amplamente utilizados para fins agrícolas. No ambiente, os organofosforados têm sido encontrados em diversas matrizes ambientais, resultando em uma crescente preocupação ambiental, dentre estes compostos destaca-se o Acefato, organofosforado que teve seu registro reavaliado pela ANVISA em 2009, devido ao seu potencial toxicológico e carcinogênico. O desenvolvimento deste trabalho buscou selecionar linhagens de Trichoderma harzianum capazes de estimular a produção enzimática por Trametes villosa e Pycnoporus sanguineus a fim de promover a diminuição da toxicidade do Acefato. Primeiramente realizou-se a seleção das linhagens de T. harzianum, em seguida fez-se o cultivo misto das linhagens selecionadas de T. harzianum com Trametes villosa e T. harzianum com Pycnoporus sanguineus para verificar o potencial de produção das enzimas, e posteriormente foram realizados os ensaios com concentrações de 10% e 50% de Acefato, em seguida realizou-se os teste de toxicidade para avaliar a redução da toxicidade do Acefato. Os resultados obtidos nos experimentos demonstram que as linhanges de T. harzianum são bons produtores de Lignina peroxidase (45 U.mL-1) e Manganês peroxidase (23 UmL-1), as linhagens de T. harzianum foram capazes de aumentar a produção de Lacase no cultivo com T. villosa (20,57 UmL-1) e que os fungos avaliados produziram mais enzimas na presença de 50% de Acefato. Nos testes de toxicidade, as amostras com 10% de Acefato tratadas pelos fungos indicaram que em relação ao controle, a associação de P. sanguineus e o Trichoderma T47 teve aumento de 94% de Colinesterase, indicando diminuição de sua toxicidade, na associação de P. sanguineus e Trichoderma harzianum ALL42 aumento de 93% e na associação entre T. villosa e o T. harzianum T39, aumento de 100% de Colinesterase, indicando que os fungos foram capazes de reduzir a toxicidade do Acefato.
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Metabólitos secundários de frutos da Virola molissima (Poepp. ex A. DC.) Warb.: neolignanas e atividade antifúngica / Secondary metabolites from Virola molissima (Poepp. ex A. DC.) Warb. Fruits: neolignans and antifungal activity

Teixeira, Ana Frazão 14 August 2007 (has links)
O uso de plantas na cura de enfermidades tem sido objeto de muitos estudos e desde épocas remotas está ligado ao desenvolvimento cultural de civilizações. Estudos anteriores em espécies de Myristicaceae descrevem a ocorrência da classe de lignóides como principal metabólito secundário. Variedades de estruturas químicas e de atividades biológicas são atribuídas aos lignóides. Estes metabólitos encontram-se acumulados em todas as partes da planta, principalmente nos frutos, onde os compostos predominantes são neolignanas. O presente trabalho foi realizado com Virola molissima que se encontra dispersa na Reserva Adolpho Ducke, situada nas proximidades de Manaus-AM. Os frutos foram coletados durante o mês de novembro, estação de seca na região. Não existe registro de estudo fitoquímico desta espécie. A partir de extratos de pericarpos, arilos, tegumentos e amêndoas dos frutos da Virola molissima foram isoladas por fracionamento cromatográfico as neolignanas tetrahidrofurânica, ariltetralônica e diarilbutânica. As neolignanas isoladas foram identificadas por comparação de seus dados de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear de Hidrogênio e de Carbono Treze, com aqueles descritos na literatura. A atividade antifúngica da neolignana ariltetralônica, pura ou em mistura, foi testada contra basidiomicetos Pycnoporus sanguineus, Trametes villosa e Lenzites trabeas. Estes fungos são xilófagos e causam o apodrecimento da madeira. / The use of plants in the treatment of diseases has been object of many studies, and since remote ages, the issue is linked to the cultural development of civilizations. Previous studies on Myristicaceous species described the occurrence of lignoids as its main secondary metabolites, which are known by varieties of chemical structures and biological activities. These lignoids are accumulated in all parts of the plant, mainly in the fruits, where the major constituent are neolignans. Present work was carried out on Virola molissima dispersed in Adolpho Ducke Reserve, located around Manaus, Amazon State, Brazil. Its fruits were collected during November, a month of dry season in this region. This species has not been phytochemically studied. Tetrahydrofuran, aryltetralone and dibenzylbutane neolignans were isolated from the extracts of pericarps, arils, seed coats and seeds of V. molissima fruits, by chromatographic fractionations. The structures of the isolated neolignans were elucidated through a Nuclear comparison between Magnetic Resonance of 1Hidrogen and 13Carbon data, and those described in the literature. The antifungal activity of the aryltetralone neolignan, pure or in mixture, was assayed against basidiomycetes Pycnoporus sanguineus, Trametes villosa and Lenzites trabeas. These fungi are xylophagus and they cause the decay of the wood.
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Diversité structurale des Glutathion Transférases fongiques des classes Oméga et Xi et identification de leurs ligands par des approches cristallographiques / Structural diversity of fungal Xi and Omega glutathione transferases and identification of their ligands by crystallographic approaches

Schwartz, Mathieu 25 September 2018 (has links)
La détoxication est un processus biochimique présent chez tous les organismes biologiques et qui leur permet d’assurer leur survie face aux xénobiotiques provenant de leur environnement. Les glutathion transférases (GST) représentent une large famille d’enzymes participant à la phase II de détoxication en conjuguant le glutathion au composé à éliminer. Par ailleurs, certaines GST ont un rôle non catalytique et assurent la séquestration ou le transport de molécules d’un compartiment cellulaire à un autre. Alors que l’activité catalytique des GST est étudiée depuis plusieurs décades, l’identification précise des molécules physiologiques ciblées par les GST reste un défi. Chez les organismes fongiques dégradeurs de bois, certaines classes de GST se sont multipliées au niveau génomique. Cette redondance serait le reflet de la diversité des molécules chimiques libérées lors de la dégradation du bois. Dans cette thèse, des approches biochimiques et structurales ont été employées pour caractériser onze isoformes de GST du basidiomycète Trametes versicolor. De plus, une approche utilisant des librairies de molécules a permis d’identifier une famille de ligands reconnus par ces GST : les polyphénols. Les modes d’interaction de ces ligands ont été décrits précisément à partir de la résolution de nombreuses structures cristallographiques. L’identification d’un flavonoïde à partir d’un extrait de bois de merisier (Prunus avium), arbre sur lequel croît T. versicolor, a été permise par une approche de cristallographie d’affinité. Ces données suggèrent que les GST d’organismes fongiques saprotrophes pourraient prendre en charge les polyphénols libérés lors de la décomposition du bois / The ubiquitous biochemical process that enables each organism to cope with xenobiotics from its environment and thus ensures its survival is called detoxification. Glutathione transferases (GSTs) form a large family of enzymes divided into several classes. These enzymes participate in the detoxification phase II by conjugating the tripeptide glutathione to the molecule to be eliminated. Moreover, some GSTs are involved in non-catalytic processes such as sequestration or transport of molecules from one cellular compartment to another. Studies dedicated to the catalytic activity of GSTs have been ongoing for decades, yet precise identification of molecules targeted by GSTs remains challenging. In wood-decaying organisms, some of the GST classes have expanded with an increase of the number of isoforms encoded at the genomic level. This redundancy would reflect the diversity of the small molecules released upon wood enzymatic degradation. Through this thesis work, biochemical and structural approaches were used in order to characterize eleven GST isoforms from the saprotrophic fungus Trametes versicolor. In addition, the use of libraries of molecules helped in identifying polyphenols as a family of ligands that bind these GSTs. The molecular interaction modes were described precisely based on the resolution of numerous crystal structures. The identification of a flavonoid from an extract of the wild-cherry tree (Prunus avium) on which T. versicolor grows, was enabled by using an affinity crystallography approach. These data suggest that fungal GSTs could interact with plant polyphenols released during wood degradation
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Metabólitos secundários de frutos da Virola molissima (Poepp. ex A. DC.) Warb.: neolignanas e atividade antifúngica / Secondary metabolites from Virola molissima (Poepp. ex A. DC.) Warb. Fruits: neolignans and antifungal activity

Ana Frazão Teixeira 14 August 2007 (has links)
O uso de plantas na cura de enfermidades tem sido objeto de muitos estudos e desde épocas remotas está ligado ao desenvolvimento cultural de civilizações. Estudos anteriores em espécies de Myristicaceae descrevem a ocorrência da classe de lignóides como principal metabólito secundário. Variedades de estruturas químicas e de atividades biológicas são atribuídas aos lignóides. Estes metabólitos encontram-se acumulados em todas as partes da planta, principalmente nos frutos, onde os compostos predominantes são neolignanas. O presente trabalho foi realizado com Virola molissima que se encontra dispersa na Reserva Adolpho Ducke, situada nas proximidades de Manaus-AM. Os frutos foram coletados durante o mês de novembro, estação de seca na região. Não existe registro de estudo fitoquímico desta espécie. A partir de extratos de pericarpos, arilos, tegumentos e amêndoas dos frutos da Virola molissima foram isoladas por fracionamento cromatográfico as neolignanas tetrahidrofurânica, ariltetralônica e diarilbutânica. As neolignanas isoladas foram identificadas por comparação de seus dados de Ressonância Magnética Nuclear de Hidrogênio e de Carbono Treze, com aqueles descritos na literatura. A atividade antifúngica da neolignana ariltetralônica, pura ou em mistura, foi testada contra basidiomicetos Pycnoporus sanguineus, Trametes villosa e Lenzites trabeas. Estes fungos são xilófagos e causam o apodrecimento da madeira. / The use of plants in the treatment of diseases has been object of many studies, and since remote ages, the issue is linked to the cultural development of civilizations. Previous studies on Myristicaceous species described the occurrence of lignoids as its main secondary metabolites, which are known by varieties of chemical structures and biological activities. These lignoids are accumulated in all parts of the plant, mainly in the fruits, where the major constituent are neolignans. Present work was carried out on Virola molissima dispersed in Adolpho Ducke Reserve, located around Manaus, Amazon State, Brazil. Its fruits were collected during November, a month of dry season in this region. This species has not been phytochemically studied. Tetrahydrofuran, aryltetralone and dibenzylbutane neolignans were isolated from the extracts of pericarps, arils, seed coats and seeds of V. molissima fruits, by chromatographic fractionations. The structures of the isolated neolignans were elucidated through a Nuclear comparison between Magnetic Resonance of 1Hidrogen and 13Carbon data, and those described in the literature. The antifungal activity of the aryltetralone neolignan, pure or in mixture, was assayed against basidiomycetes Pycnoporus sanguineus, Trametes villosa and Lenzites trabeas. These fungi are xylophagus and they cause the decay of the wood.
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Extracellular proteins from lignocellulose degrading Basidiomycetes: Redox enzymes from Trametes versicolor and Coprinopsis cinerea

Dwivedi, Ravi Chandra 21 February 2006 (has links)
No description available.
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Synthèse enzymatique, modélisation moléculaire et caractérisation d'oligomères de flavonoïdes / Enzymatic synthesis, molecular modeling and characterization of flavonoids oligomers

Anthoni, Julie 10 December 2007 (has links)
Ce travail a pour objectif de mettre au point un procédé d’oligomérisation de rutine et d’esculine par la laccase de Trametes versicolor. Un procédé de synthèse en parallèle et d’analyse en ligne par SEC-UV et par MALDI-TOF a été mis au point. L’analyse par MALDI-TOF a révélé la formation d’un simple pontage, allant jusqu’au degré d’oligomérisation 6 pour la rutine et 9 pour l’esculine. Un pontage par liaison éther a été observé par FTIR dans le cas des oligorutines. L’analyse par RMN a démontré la mise en place de liaisons tant C-C que C-O localisées sur la partie phénolique et la partie sucre des monomères. De faibles pH et températures favorisent l’allongement de la chaîne, alors que l’augmentation de la constante diélectrique du solvant ou de la température augmente la production des oligomères de rutine. La limitation de la masse de ces oligomères serait due à une inhibition de l’enzyme, provoquée par les capacités chélatantes des oligomères. Une diminution du pouvoir antioxydant et une augmentation du pouvoir inhibiteur de la xanthine oxydase ont pu être observées lors de l’accroissement de la masse des oligomères de rutine. Ces deux activités sont améliorées lors de l’accroissement de la masse des oligomères d’esculine. Pour ces deux types d’oligomères, la solubilité dans l’eau est fortement accrue. Dans le cas des oligorutines, cette forte augmentation a été corrélée à la mise en place d’un réseau dense de liaisons hydrogène observé par modélisation moléculaire. Globalement, l’approche par modélisation moléculaire dans le vide et dans le solvant a permis de dégager des relations structure-activité, reliant notamment le nombre de liaisons hydrogène à la solubilité / The aim of this work is the elaboration of rutin and esculin oligomerization process by the laccase from Trametes versicolor. A parallel synthesis process and on-line analysis of reaction media by SEC-UV and MALDI-TOF have been elaborated. The MALDI-TOF analysis has revealed the formation of simple bridges between rutin and esculin units, up to degree of oligomerization of 6 and 9 respectively. An ether bond has been observed by FTIR spectrometry for the rutin oligomers. Finally, the NMR analysis has revealed the formation of C-C and C-O bridges both on phenolic and the sugar parts of the flavonoids. At low pH and temperature, the elongation of the chain is favored, whereas increasing the dielectric constant of the solvent or the temperature favors the production of rutin oligomers. The limitation of oligomers mass is explained by the inhibition of the enzyme, probably due to the highest chelation properties of oligomers. In the case of oligorutin, a decrease of antiradical activity and an increase of xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity have been observed when the oligomers molecular mass increases. In the case of esculin oligomers, these two activities increase with the increase of the oligomers mass. For these two types of oligomers, the water solubility is considerably increased. For the oligorutins, this augmentation has been correlated to a dense network of H-bonds, which has been demonstrated by molecular modeling. Globally, the molecular modeling approach in vacuum and in solvent has allowed to establish structure-activity relationship
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Towards rapid electrochemical test system of polyanilino-laccase-on-gold enzyme nanobiosensor for water estrogens

Qakala, Sinazo January 2013 (has links)
>Magister Scientiae - MSc / Current water treatment technologies do not remove many endocrine disruptor compounds (EDCs) such as 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) in its entirety, and the amount of these pollutants that continues to enter the aquatic environment through wastewater effluents is still capable of causing harmful health effects. Therefore the development of simpler and more sensitive biosensor system for detection of EE2 must be developed which have high responsiveness, low cost and easy handling. Therefore the aim of this study was to work towards the development of rapid test system of polyaniline-laccase on gold enzyme nanobiosensor (PANI-PSSA/Lac/Glu) for water estrogens. Preliminary studies were first done on the materials used in this study: estrogens, laccase, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), and electropolymerized PANI-PSSA. Laccase was shown to be active towards EE2 and the enzyme could be stored for over three months. EE2 solution also could be used for over three months. Buffer used in this study was found to be suitable. Phosphoric acid (H3PO4) was a suitable electrolyte than hydrochloric acid (HCl) to be used for the electropolymerization of aniline and was used because it has same ions as the McIlvaine buffer (McIlB) which the post-deposition CVs indicated the formation of electrochemically very stable film. AuNPs were successfully synthesized and its size was identified to be less than 22 nm. McIlB used for testing electrochemical properties of AuNP. CVs of GC/PANI-PSSA and GC/PANIPSSA/ Au showed no difference before and after exposure to aq. EE2 solution, an indication of being re-usable and could also serve as stable immobilising platform in laccase biosensor. When interrogating with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), the charge transfer resistance (Rct) of both GC/PANI-PSSA and GC/PANI-PSSA/Lac/Glu showed an average increase by about 2.4% and 21% before and after exposure of EE2, respectively. This shows that the GC/PANI-PSSA/Lac/Glu was a functional EE2 biosensor and showing a positive step towards achieving a re-usable biosensor for EE2 as a model water estrogen. Future work Page | vi will focus on exploring different ways of improving the biosensor’s surface regeneration and its sensitivity to EE2.
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Vliv jednotlivých fázi výrobního procesu Lignamonu a jejich vzájemných interakcí na výslednou odolnost vůči dřevokazným houbám

Nevrlý, Ondřej January 2018 (has links)
In this work is discussed about material Lignamon, which has been industrially produced in the former Czechoslovakia since the 1970s. The production of this material, mainly from beechwood, combines plasticization with gaseous ammonia, densification of material by hydraulic press and heat stabilization at 180 ° C. The aim of this work is to determine the effect of these processes on the resulting resistance to wood-decaying fungi. Lignamon has a very high resistance to wood-decaying fungi and is classified as very durable according to EN 350 - 1. For each phase of the Lignamon process, samples were produced to best illustrate the changes that take place during the given phase in the wood. In particular, sample sets treated with ammonia gas, densified samples, heat-treated samples, and samples on which a combination of ammonia gas impregnation and thermal modification were performed. The resistance to wood-decaying fungi have been tested according to EN 113, including a set of Lignamon samples. The results of this test were statistically evaluated and it was found that ammonia treatment has the greatest influence on the durability of Lignamon, as well as the heat treatment and not so significantly densification. Individually, however, none of these modifications cause wood resistance to wood-decaying fungi as their combination in the production process of Lignamon.
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Profil lakasové aktivity v kulturách houby Trametes versicolor během degradace endokrinně disruptivní látky Delor 103 / Laccase activity profiling in Trametes versicolor cultures degrading endocrine-disrupting compound Delor 103

Plačková, Martina January 2011 (has links)
In this work endocrine disrupting potential of Delor 103, a commercial mixture of PCB congeners, was studied along with its effect on production of laccase by the ligninolytic fungus Trametes versicolor. Using a gene-reporter yeast assay for evaluation of hormonal activity Delor 103 showed an androgenic activity with an EC50 value of 2.29. 10-2 mg/l. Chlorbenzoic acids, Delor 103 potential metabolites resulting from microbial degradation, displayed on the other hand an estrogenic activity, indicating possible changes in hormonal activity of Delor 103 during its microbial degradation. The addition of Delor 103 to mineral medium T. versicolor cultures resulted in an up to 257times higher laccase activities detected in fungal cultures. Delor 103 induced enzymes showed different pI values from those of control cultures. In a complex malt-extract glucose medium (MEG) the stimulation effect of Delor 103 was kept down. Further, the production of laccase and synthesis of different pI forms depended strongly on the growth phase of fungal cultures. Exponencially growing cultures of T. versicolor were able to produce up to 7 different pI forms of laccase in responce to Delor 103 whereas stationary cultures produced only 4 enzyme forms with higher pI values. Stimulation of laccase activities in T. versicolor,...
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Occurrence and fate of pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatment processes

Jelić, Aleksandra 21 December 2012 (has links)
Pharmaceuticals have been detected in natural waters for more than forty years, but with improvements in sample preparation procedures and analytical instrumentation, the number of scientific publications on the issue has increased significantly. Even though the concentration of pharmaceutical residues in surface and drinking water is not critical for human health according to the present level of knowledge, the consequences for the environment are not clear. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been identified as the primary route of pharmaceuticals to the environment, with households as the major source point for most of the over-the-counter and prescription drugs. In this thesis, the first aim was to study the occurrence, fate and removal of 43 pharmaceuticals during conventional wastewater treatment. The target compounds were selected on the basis of their high consumption in Spain or/and frequently reported detection in wastewaters and the possibility to be analyzed under the same experimental conditions. They belong to different therapeutic classes, i.e. nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents and analgesics, lipid modifying agents, psycholeptic and antiepileptic drugs, beta-blocking agents, beta-2-adrenoreceptor agonists, H2-receptor antagonists, antibiotics, angiotensin converting enzyme agents, diuretics and antidiabetic drugs. A wide variation in removal efficiencies was observed even for individual compounds, and across therapeutic classes and treatment processes, without clear conclusion on the removal of any particular compound. According to mass balance calculations and estimated partition coefficients, the loss of the selected pharmaceuticals during biological wastewater treatment can be fully attributed to biodegradation/biotransformation. None of the studied compounds was entirely biodegraded and/or transformed during biological wastewater treatment, but the measured concentrations were below the levels of concern according to available toxicity data. Conventional WWTPs cannot be expected to be the only mechanism for controlling the entry of pharmaceuticals into the environment because they were neither designed nor can provide their complete removal. Therefore, the challenge is to look for solutions that would be the most economical and effective means of preventing further pollution of natural waters by pharmaceuticals. More appropriate management of sewage waters before they enter treatment plants as well as a stricter control of effluent discharges, along with an in-depth investigation on the development of new designs and strategies for the improvement of existing wastewater treatments should be considered. In light of this, as the second objective of this thesis, alternative approaches for the removal of the antiepileptic carbamazepine (CBZ) were studied in aqueous media in two laboratory scale experiments: a) biodegradation using white rot fungus T. versicolor in an air-pulsed fluidized bioreactor operated in batch and continuous modes, and b) advanced oxidation using TiO2-heterogeneous photocatalysis under simulated solar and UV-A irradiation, and under the combined use of ultrasound and UV-A irradiation (sonophotocatalysis). We selected CBZ as a representative example of compounds that are found to be refractory to biological treatment and ubiquitous in various environmental matrices. Both, the fungal and UVA-driven TiO2-photocatalytic treatments, very different in their nature, have been shown to be very effective in degrading carbamazepine in aqueous media. The fungal treatment resulted in average removals of 54 and 96% in batch and continuous reactor, respectively. Acute toxicity test using the bioluminescent marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri showed a decrease in toxicity during the treatment in both types of bioreactor. In the other study, initial CBZ concentrations were reduced for 95% during 120 min of the UV-driven photocatalytic experiment and sonophotocatalysis, while only 10 % of CBZ was photodegraded during under solar irradiation. A slight increase in toxicity in Daphnia magna acute toxicity testing was observed over the time-course of the photocatalytic experiments, which can be associated with the formation of transformation products of CBZ. Ultraperformance liquid chromatography coupled to a quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry was used for a tentative identification of the transformation products of CBZ formed during the performed experiments. Most of the tentatively identified intermediates exhibited only slight modifications of the CBZ molecular structure. The fungal as well as the photocatalytic processes yielded oxygenated transformation products. In the biological treatment using T. versicolor, transformation products were formed by enzymatic epoxidation and hydroxylation of seven-membered heterocyclic ring of the carbamazepine molecule. During the photocatalytic experiments, CBZ-related transformation products emerged from hydroxylation and further oxidation of different parts of the molecule of carbamazepine. The generated transformation products appeared to be more persistent than their parent compound, as they were present, although at low concentration, until the end of the experiments. The results of the thesis contribute to a better understanding of a) the magnitude of the selected pharmaceuticals that reach the environment through the wastewater and sludge discharge, b) the efficiency of typical conventional wastewater treatment plants regarding the removal of these compounds from raw wastewater, and c) possible developments of alternative technologies for their enhanced elimination. / Desde hace más de cuarenta años se ha detectado la presencia de fármacos en el ciclo de aguas, sobre todo debido a los avances en la química analítica que han permitido el desarrollo de nuevas metodologías analíticas para la determinación de estos compuestos de modo fiable y a bajas concentraciones. Las estaciones depuradoras de aguas residuales (EDARs) han sido identificadas como la ruta principal de entrada de fármacos de origen humano en el medioambiente. Por tanto, el principal objetivo de esta tesis ha sido el estudio de la presencia, destino y eliminación de 43 fármacos seleccionados, durante el tratamiento convencional realizado en las EDARs. Los compuestos estudiados fueron seleccionados en base a los índices de consumo en España, a la frecuencia de detección en aguas residuales y además en base a la posibilidad de ser analizados bajo las mismas condiciones experimentales. Estos compuestos pertenecen a diferentes clases terapéuticas, i.e. antiinflamatorios no esteroideos , los agentes que reducen los lípidos séricos, ansiolíticos y antiepilépticos, los agentes bloqueadores beta-adrenérgicos, agonistas β2 adrenérgico, antagonistas H2 , antibióticos, inhibidores de la enzima convertidora de angiotensina, diuréticos y antidiabéticos. Para el análisis cuantitativo se utilizó la cromatografía de líquidos acoplada a espectrometría de masas en tándem (LC-MS/MS), empleando un sistema híbrido triple quadrupolo/trampa de iones lineal. Como segundo objetivo hemos considerado evaluar tratamientos avanzados alternativos al tratamiento convencional para la eliminación de un fármaco antiepiléptico, la carbamazepina, uno de los compuestos más recalcitrantes al tratamiento biológico convencional. Se procedió a estudiar su degradación en medio acuoso mediante dos procedimientos a escala laboratorio: a) biodegradación utilizando el hongo ligninolitico Trametes Versicolor en un reactor fluidizado por pulsos de aire operando en modo batch y continuo, y b) oxidación avanzada mediante un tratamiento fotocatalitico en presencia de TiO2 bajo irradiación UV-A y solar, y aplicando la radiación UV en combinación con ultrasonidos (sonofotocatálisis). Para la evaluación de los tratamientos alternativos, se identificaron los productos de transformación de la carbamazepina, y se evaluó la toxicidad de las muestras tratadas. Se utilizó la LC-MS/MS con analizador de tipo cuadrupolo-tiempo de vuelo. También se evaluó la toxicidad de las muestras tratadas.

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