Background: Fungicides are organic compounds, many of them chiral, used in various applications such as medicines, personal care products, agrochemicals and industry. Although they have beneficial effects in controlling fungal plagues and treating diseases, their widespread use has led to their detection in the environment [1-3]. As a result, fungicide contamination is increasingly a global environmental concer...
Background: Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are a widely prescribed class of antibiotics, used in both human and veterinary medicine, commonly administered for prophylactic and therapeutic purposes [1]. Due to their extensive use and excretion in both unmetabolized form and metabolites, FQs and their metabolites persist in aquatic environments. As a result, these compounds are frequently detected in surface and groundwa...