Lemna minor L. has been traditionally used for a long time its analgesic, antipyretic, vitamin C supplement, astringent, antipruritic effects. Although there are many heavy metal removals using minor, unfortunately, biological activity studies very limited. In this study, the chemical content and total phenol content, DPPH removal, chelation (Fe2+) β-Carotene-lycopene methods of macrophyte we o...

Remediation of the City of Zagreb Jakusevec Dump Site, one of the largest dump sites in Europe, is in progress. Experimental laboratory results of leach­ ate treatment using aquatic macrophytes show that increasing the concentra­ tion of ammonia in the leachate decreases elimination efficiency. In all series of experiments, significantly greater elimination of ammonia and orthophos­ phates has ...

Duckweed (Lemna minor L.) has a wide application in Turkey having suitable climatic conditions. In this study, the growth of duckweed was assessed in laboratory scale experiments. They were fed with municipal and industrial wastewater at constant temprature. COD, total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP) and ortho-phosphate (OP) removal efficiencies of the reactors were monitored by sampling i...

Phytochemical studies on the ethanolic extract of the roots of Buxus sempervirens of Turkish origin have resulted in the isolation of two new triterpenoidal alkaloids, (+)-16a, 31-diacetylbuxadine (1), (-)-Nb-demethylcyclomikuranine (2) along with three known natural products, (-)-cyclomikuranine (3), (-)-cyclobuxophylline-K (4) and (+)-buxaquamarine (5) isolated for the first time from this sp...

duckweeds are of special interest, as they are naturally growing weeds that have the capacity to tolerate and remove toxic pollutants, including heavy metals from the environment. studies have revealed that duckweed (lemna minor) can tolerate and remove heavy metals from aqueous solutions. in the present study, the efficiency of l. minor in the removal of ni and cr individually from aqueous sol...