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Degradation of orange dyes and carbamazepine by soybean peroxidase immobilized on silica monoliths and titanium dioxide

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In this paper, the removal of three common dyes (orange I, orange II, and methylorange) and of the anticonvulsant drug carbamazepine from aqueous solutions by means of enzymatic and photocatalytic treatment was studied. Soybean peroxidase (SBP) was used as biocatalyst, both free in solution and immobilized on silica monoliths, and titanium dioxide as photocatalyst. The combination of the two catalysts led to a faster (about two to four times) removal of all the orange dyes compared to the single systems. All the dyes were completely removed within 2 h, also in the presence of immobilized SBP. As for carbamazepine, photocatalytic treatment prevails on the enzymatic degradation, but the synergistic effect of two catalysts led to a more efficient degradation; carbamazepine’s complete disappearance was achieved within 60 min with combined system, while up to 2 h is required with TiO2 only.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Prof. D. Sacco (Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin) for the kind supply of fresh soybean seeds.

The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange project funded by the European Commission H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014 within the framework of the research project Mat4treaT (project number 645551) is acknowledged. Compagnia di San Paolo and University of Torino are gratefully acknowledged for funding Project Torino_call2014_L2_126 through “Bando per il finanziamento di progetti di ricerca di Ateneo – anno 2014” (Project acronym: Microbusters).

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    Paola Calza, Dario Zacchigna & Enzo Laurenti

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Calza, P., Zacchigna, D. & Laurenti, E. Degradation of orange dyes and carbamazepine by soybean peroxidase immobilized on silica monoliths and titanium dioxide. Environ Sci Pollut Res 23, 23742–23749 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7399-1

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