Table 2.

Removal efficiency of the pharmaceuticals expressed as mean ± standard deviation of the five batches with algae and control without algae

	With algae 7 days			Without algae day 7
	Mean (%)	SD	n=
Alfuzosin	64	28	5	−2.3
Alprazolam	−49	210	3	12
Atenolol	99	0.61	5	14
Atracurium	97		2	<LOQ
Azelastine	27		1	<LOQ
Biperiden	−490	1000	4	66
Bisoprolol	97	2,6	4	−2.8
Bupropion	93	12	4	36
Carbamazepin	−14	6.1	5	−53
Cilazapril	61		1	<LOQ
Ciprofloxacin	11	46	5	−5.6
Citalopram	98	0.37	5	−33
Clarithromycine	90	13	5	−73
Clemastine	40		1	<LOQ
Clindamycine	45	25	5	−8.8
Clonazepam	88		2	−473
Clotrimazol	19		1	<LOQ
Codeine	−11	61	4	22
Cyproheptadine	−450		1	8.7
Desloratidin	−45	270	4	−1047
Dicycloverin	71		2	2.5
Diltiazem	94	4.2	5	11
Diphenhydramin	89	15	3	15
Eprosartan	80	21	4	82
Fexofenadine	−5.2	48	5	−81
Flecainide	58	14	5	−111
Fluconazole	−17	24	5	28
Flupetixol	−75		2	<LOQ
Haloperidol	−5000	4400	3	−21
Hydroxyzine	87	8.2	4	<LOQ
Ibersartan	6.4	130	5	−7.6
Loperamide	41	29	3	<LOQ
Memantin	81	13	5	3,6
Metoprolol	99	1,8	5	19
Miconazole	65		2	48
Mirtazapine	39	22	5	−8.8
Nefazodon	−630		1	−15
Orphenadrin	−3.8	75	5	93
Oxazepam	−13	34	5	−6.3
Pizotifen	80		2	<LOQ
Ranitidine	75	28	3	24
Risperidone	−3.2	6.4	3	−169
Roxithromycine	44		2	<LOQ
Sertraline	17	14	3	<LOQ
Sotalol	43	37	5	59
Sulfamethoxazol	6.0	32	5	25
Terbutalin	98		1	11
Tramadol	57	33	5	17
Trihexyphenidyl	49	67	4	<LOQ
Trimetoprim	3.7	11	5	−45
Venlavafaxin	57	32	5	40
Verapamil	−13		1	<LOQ

<LOQ below limit of quantification