Assessment of Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, and Hormones in Wastewater Treatment Plants Receiving Inflows from Health Facilities in North West Province, South Africa

Table 2

Selected pharmaceuticals and their physicochemical properties.

Pharmaceutical class	Compound	MW; g/mol	Log
Antibiotics	Ciprofloxacin	331.35	0.28
	Ofloxacin	361.4	-0.39
	Norfloxacin	319.34	-0.13
	Tetracycline	444.44	-1.3
Beta-blockers	Atenolol	266.3	0.16
Disinfectants	Triclosan	289.54	4.76
	Triclocarban	315.58	4.9
Analgesics/anti-inflammatory drugs	Diclofenac	294	4.51
	Acetaminophen	151.2	0.46
	Ibuprofen	206.3	3.97
	Ketoprofen	254.3	3.12
Lipid modifying agents	Bezafibrate	361.8	4.25
Steroid hormones	Estrone	270.4	3.13
	Estriol	288.4	2.45
	17β estradiol	272.4	4.01
	17α- ethinyl estradiol	296.4	4.2

Physical and chemical information was obtained from Ratola et al., 2012 [45]; Shaver, 2011 [46].