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Anastasiah N Ngigi

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Chemtai C, Kengara F, Ngigi A
Environ Monit Assess . 2023 Feb; 195(3):431. PMID: 36849593
The continued frequent detection of pharmaceuticals in the environment is of major concern due to potential human and ecological risks. This study evaluated 30 antibiotics from 8 classes: sulphonamides (SAs),...
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Ngigi A, Ok Y, Thiele-Bruhn S
Bioresour Technol . 2020 Jul; 315:123782. PMID: 32652440
Manure from medicated livestock contains pharmaceutical antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Bioavailable antibiotics trigger further ARGs amplification during manure storage. It was tested whether biochar lowers the bioavailability of...
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Ngigi A, Magu M, Muendo B
Environ Monit Assess . 2019 Dec; 192(1):18. PMID: 31820117
The occurrence of 17 antibiotics belonging to sulfonamides, β-lactams, macrolides and aminoglycosides classes, and trimethoprim in raw hospital wastewater, wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), and surface water was determined. Residual antibiotics...
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Onunga D, Kowino I, Ngigi A, Osogo A, Orata F, Getenga Z, et al.
J Environ Sci Health B . 2015 Apr; 50(6):387-97. PMID: 25844859
Carbofuran (2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethylbenzofuran-7-yl methylcarbamate) has been used within the Nzoia River Basin (NRB), especially in Bunyala Rice Irrigation Schemes, in Kenya for the control of pests. In this study, the capacity...
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Ngigi A, Getenga Z, Dorfler U, Boga H, Kuria B, Ndalut P, et al.
J Environ Sci Health B . 2012 Oct; 48(1):40-8. PMID: 23030439
This study elucidates the effects of carbon amendment on metabolic degradation of atrazine (6-chloro-N(2)-ethyl-N(4)-isopropyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine) and total microbial biomass in soil. Degradation of (14)C-ring-labelled atrazine was monitored in laboratory incubations of...
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Ngigi A, Getenga Z, Boga H, Ndalut P
J Environ Sci Health B . 2012 May; 47(8):769-78. PMID: 22575004
In this study soils from sugarcane-cultivated fields were screened for bacterial species capable of atrazine (6-chloro-N²-ethyl-N⁴-isopropyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine) degradation due to long exposure of the soils to this herbicide. To enrich for...