RT Journal Article
T1 Amoxicillin Retention/Release in Agricultural Soils Amended with Different Bio-Adsorbent Materials
A1 Cela Dablanca, Raquel
A1 Barreiro Buján, Ana
A1 Rodríguez López, Lucía
A1 Santás Miguel, Vanesa
A1 Arias Estévez, Manuel
A1 Fernández Sanjurjo, María J.
A1 Álvarez Rodríguez, Esperanza
A1 Núñez Delgado, Avelino
K1 Antibiotics
K1 Bio-adsorbents
K1 Emerging pollutants
K1 Soil pollution
AB The antibiotic amoxicillin (AMX) may reach soils and other environmental compartments as a pollutant, with potential to affect human and environmental health. To solve/minimize these hazards, it would be clearly interesting to develop effective and low-cost methods allowing the retention/removal of this compound. With these aspects in mind, this work focuses on studying the adsorption/desorption of AMX in different agricultural soils, with and without the amendment of three bio-adsorbents, specifically, pine bark, wood ash and mussel shell. For performing the research, batch-type experiments were carried out, adding increasing concentrations of the antibiotic to soil samples with and without the amendment of these three bio-adsorbents. The results showed that the amendments increased AMX adsorption, with pine bark being the most effective. Among the adsorption models that were tested, the Freundlich equation was the one showing the best fit to the empirical adsorption results. Regarding the desorption values, there was a decrease affecting the soils to which the bio-adsorbents were added, with overall desorption not exceeding 6% in any case. In general, the results indicate that the bio-adsorbents under study contributed to retaining AMX in the soils in which they were applied, and therefore reduced the risk of contamination by this antibiotic, which can be considered useful and relevant to protect environmental quality and public health.
PB MDPI
YR 2022
FD 2022-04-28
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31812
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31812
LA eng
NO Cela-Dablanca, R., Barreiro, A., Rodríguez-López, L., Santás-Miguel, V., Arias-Estévez, M., Fernández-Sanjurjo, M. J., ... & Núñez-Delgado, A. (2022). Amoxicillin retention/release in agricultural soils amended with different bio-adsorbent materials. Materials, 15(9), 3200.
NO Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
DS Minerva
RD 27 abr 2026