Evaluation of the probable synergistic toxicity of selected potentiated antiretroviral and antibiotics on some aquatic biomarker organisms
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Published:2023-11-17
Issue:12
Volume:195
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ISSN:0167-6369
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Container-title:Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Environ Monit Assess
Author:
Omotola Elizabeth Oyinkansola,Genthe Bettina,Ndlela Luyanda,Olatunji Olatunde Stephen
Abstract
AbstractEnvironmental effects of active pharmaceutical compounds (APCs) in the environment are not well characterized, hence the need for comprehensive evaluation. This study employed three bioassays using three organisms, namely, Allium cepa, Daphnia magna, and Salmonella typhimurium, in the ecotoxicity study of lone and a mixture of selected APCs, namely, lamivudine (L), an antiretroviral, and ciprofloxacin (C) and sulfamethoxazole (S), antibiotics, at a concentration range between 10 and 100 ppb, in order to evaluate the potential of the lone and ternary mixture to exert synergistic toxicity. Study results from exposure to lone APCs showed that the L, C, and S trio individually had fatal impacts on daphnids, with mortality rates of 100, 75, and 95%, respectively, after 48 h. Sulfamethoxazole showed a mutagenic tendency, with a mutation ratio (background/sample ratio) of 2.0. Lamivudine showed a lethal impact on the root length of A. cepa (p > 0.05, p = 3.60E–3). Further microscopic examination of the A. cepa root tip revealed chromosomal aberrations on exposure to each compound. The LCS-mix ecotoxicology bioassays indicated a synergistic effect on the daphnids, probably due to potentiation. Although the LCS mix had a cytotoxic effect (evidenced by the absence of bacteria colonies) on exposed TA 98 P450 Salmonella typhimurium strain, this effect was not observed in other bacterial strains. Microscopic examination of A. cepa exposed to the LCS-mix revealed an aberration in the mitotic stage of the cell. The impact of combination of the pharmaceuticals in aqueous ecosystems was greater than when exposed to the tested individual pharmaceutical compounds. Study result showed that these compounds have tendencies to pose a higher risk to exposed living entities when in combined/potentiated forms, and this could lead to distortion of the regular functioning of the ecosystem, particularly bacterial and other microbial populations that are listed among primary producers of the aquatic food web.
Funder
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Pollution,General Environmental Science,General Medicine
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