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Table 4 Concentrations of three cephalosporin antibiotics in pharmaceutical wastewater samples

From: Removal and tracing of cephalosporins in industrial wastewater by SPE-HPLC: optimization of adsorption kinetics on mesoporous silica nanoparticles

Sample number

Cefadroxil

Cefprozil

Cefradine

1

18.25 μg/mL

N.D

N.D

2

N.D

33.74 μg/mL

N.D

3

N.D

N.D

545.9 μg/mLa

4

N.D

N.D

N.D

5

N.D

N.D

N.D

  1. N.D not detected
  2. aThe concentration was obtained by sample dilution (one part sample to three parts pure water)