Ciprofloxacin Retention in Agricultural soil

GARRAFA MARÍA VICTORIA; JORGE LILIAN CRISTINA; JORGE NELLY LIDIA; PROFETA MARIELA INES; DELFINO MARIO RAUL; JORGE MARIA JOSEFA; ROMERO JORGE MARCELO

Chemistry Research Journal

Chemistry Research Journal

Lugar: Rajasthan; Año: 2022 vol. 7 p. 80 - 87

2455-8990

In the present work, the adsorption and desorption process of the antibiotic Ciprofloxacin (CIPRO) in an agricultural soil was studied through batch experiments. Freundlich´s model satisfactorily described all the experimental data. A high KF value was obtained, 8.52 L(1/n) mg g-1, indicating a high affinity of CIPRO for the soil, with adsorption percentages of 63% in all cases. On the other hand, the desorption was very low, assuming in all cases less than 7% with respect to the amount previously adsorbed. Based on these results, we can affirm that CIPRO presents a low risk of transfer from the soil to other environmental compartments.