Contents
Part I Introduction
The Journey of Human Drugs from Their Design at the Bench to Their
Fate in Crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Nicola Montemurro, Juan Manuel Pe~ na-Herrera, Antoni Ginebreda,
Peter Eichhorn, and Sandra Pe ´rez
Sources of Pharmaceuticals in Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Roberto Parra-Saldivar, Carlos Castillo-Zacarı ´as, Muhammad Bilal,
Hafiz M. N. Iqbal, and Damia ´ Barcelo ´
Environmental, Economic, and Ethical Assessment of the Treated
Wastewater and Sewage Sludge Valorization in Agriculture . . . . . . . . . 49
Emna Ammar, Hugo Maury, Loı ¨c Morin, and Abdelghani Sghir
Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture: Effects on Soil-Plant System
Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Giuseppe Gatta, Angela Libutti, Anna Gagliardi, Grazia Disciglio,
Emanuele Tarantino, Luciano Beneduce, and Marcella Michela Giuliani
Uptake and Translocation of Pharmaceuticals in Plants: Principles
and Data Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Yvonne Bigott, David Mamdouh Khalaf, Peter Schr€ oder,
Peter M. Schr€ oder, and Catarina Cruzeiro
Part II Fate, Uptake and Metabolism of Drugs in Crops
Soil Sorption and Degradation Studies of Pharmaceutical
Compounds Present in Recycled Wastewaters Based on
Enantiomeric Fractionation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Monica Brienza, Belinda Huerta, Rayana Manasfi, and Serge Chiron
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