Analytical study of some antibiotic drugs from waste water bodies

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to determine the overall transformation potential of some antibiotic drugs in wastewaters with specific emphasis on their effective removal using natural biomass-bioadsorbents through their analytical study by spectrophotometric determination. So, this study aims to assess the presence of various antibiotic drugs in wastewaters of the region of Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh state in a specific quantity. The study selected six antibiotics namely Erythromycin(ERY),Sulfamethoxazole(SFX),Amoxicillin(AMX),Cefadroxil(CFX),Ciprofloxaci-n(CIP) and Oxytetracycline(OTC) due to their rapid and widespread use. The present study mainly addresses the possibility to detect, determine and remove low levels of the selected antibiotics from wastewater. It is known that antibiotics are the new contaminants of concern in the aquatic environment as they pass through the body largely unmetabolized and directly enter water-systems. So, a rapid, quick, simple, easy and reliable spectrophotometric method has been developed for the analytical determination of the antibiotics. Ion-association complex is formed between the antibiotic and the reagent Molybdenum-thiocyanate with simultaneous use of 1,10-Phenanthroline,Thionin and Phosphomolybdic-acid (PMA) as the colorimetric reagent.