Date of Award
2023
Publication Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.Sc.
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Keywords
Enzymatic treatment, Soybean peroxidase, Sulfa drugs, Sulfamerazine, Sulfamethoxazole, Wastewater treatment
Supervisor
K. E. Taylor
Supervisor
R.Seth
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Abstract
Sulfa drugs are a broad family of antibiotics that are widely used in the treatment of a wide range of infections, and they have been found in surface and groundwater, as well as present in sewage and effluent (treated sewage and sludge)municipal or industrial wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). in concentrations of ng/L to >g/L. The continued presence of these so-called emerging pollutants (ECs) and their metabolites can cause adverse ecological effects, including bacterial resistance, even at very low concentrations. In this study, the first aim was to explore the feasibility of oxidation processes catalyzed by soybean peroxidase as an eco-friendly and economically advantageous alternative method for the conversion of selected sulfonamide class compounds. Soybean peroxidase (SBP) is extracted from the seed shell (husk), which is a by-product of the crushing process and is used in animal feed. In the second step, the most important operational parameters, pH, H2O2 concentration, and enzyme activity were optimized for two compounds that were SBP substrates. Thirdly, a redox mediator was used to improve the final conditions. Also, in the end, a time course study was conducted under optimal conditions before and after adding the redox mediator, to determine the initial first-order rate constant and half-life of each substrate. Finally, the probable oligomerization products of enzymatic treatment were characterized by mass spectrometry analysis and showed the formation of dimers and azo compounds for the two substrates.
Recommended Citation
Sharifzadeh, Maryam, "Enzymatic Removal of Sulfa Drugs from Synthetic Wastewater by Soybean Peroxidase" (2023). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 8974.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/8974