In recent years, a series of environmental and ecological problems have occurred due to enhanced anthropogenic disturbances for precious mineral mining. Traditional medicines become an important pillar in national homeopathic treatment system, especially mountainous environment developing countries. The current study investigated the level potentially toxic elements’ (PTEs) contamination degrad...

Aims : To revise the syntaxonomy of vegetation steppe depressions ( pody ), in particular (1) to identify associations and reveal their environmental, structural compositional peculiarities; (2) assign higher syntaxa; (3) correct nomenclatural aspects according ICPN. Study area Steppe zone Ukraine, Left-Bank Lower Dnieper basin. Methods 641 relevés were included final analysis PCOrd program int...

Heavy metal pollution is a worldwide problem. This study was conducted in a turquoise mine in Nyshabour (Iran) to find accumulator plant(s). Concentrations of metals were determined both in the soil and the plants growing in the mine. Concentrations of total K, Ca, Na, Mg, Mn, Zn, Fe and Cu in the mine area were higher than the control soil. The results showed that four dominant vegetations nam...