The plant species Pinus halepensis grows spontaneously on heavily polluted mine tailings dumps of Campo Pisano (Sardinia, southwestern Italy). area is characterized mainly by Zn, Pb, and Cd. Sampling campaign was done, related to soils materials (roots, barks, wood, needles), aimed at evaluating the main mineralogical characteristics, metal content, accumulation, translocation behavior. substra...

Background: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which consist of fused conjugated aromatic rings, not only are toxic to humans and other living organisms, but will also pollute groundwater. These compounds can be point source or non-point source and are one of the most widespread organic pollutants. Some of them are suspected carcinogens and are linked to other health problems. This study ...

The incorporation of heavy metals contained in soils into the food chain is mediated by plants. Plants show varying abilities to take up and accumulate these elements during vegetative growth. In this study, changes content, rate uptake, accumulation, translocation six stages development pea plants were determined. field experiments, two cultivars cultivated consecutive growing seasons. harvest...

Background: Anthropogenic activities release metals into the environment that could be absorbed by plants and assimilate herbal medicines. Objective: This study sought to correlate outcome of anthropogenic with levels in medicinal using leaves Moringa oleifera Lam. (M. oleifera)as a case study. Methods: Leaves M. soil around sampled were collected from three locations Accra Metropolis: commerci...

Treatment of soils contaminated with heavy metals using plant species is a method which has been widely used in thepast. This method, which is known as phytoremediation, has been applied for pollution treatment using different plantspecies worldwide. The method has been used for remediation of various types of pollutants in laboratory, pilot andindustrial scales. The aim of this study was to co...

Unusual dolomite substrates present a phenomenon known as dolomitophily, which refers to the specificity of flora that grows on them. Within dolomitic flora, one most widespread plants in Spain is characteristic species Pterocephalus spathulatus (Lag.) Coult., forms whitish prostrate thymes. The study focused knowledge about ionome (or elementome) and some its applications, both terms nutrition...

Abstract The effectiveness of using Vetiver grass ( Chrysopogon zizanioides ) in phytoremediation wastewater has been proven. In this study, the potential C. planted Cr- and Ni-contaminated soil was evaluated through investigating behaviors on uptake release metals. Three treatments: control, Cr, Ni, with three concentrations (50, 150, 300 ppm), were applied. is assessed by determination metal ...

A unique mRNA produced by the t(15;17)(q22-24;qll21) translocation in the leukemic cells of acute promyelocytic leukemia patients encodes a chimeric protein, PML/ RARa, which is formed by the fusion of the retinoic acid receptor a (RARa) and the promyelocytic locus gene (PML). This translocation is often the only visible karyotypic aberration present which is detected in almost 100% of acute pr...

rapid expansion of the industrial sector adds more effluent into the agricultural land and in the vicinity of industry, which possesses the major threat of land contamination and environmental degradation. the present study was conducted to determine toxic metal concentration in fly ash and metal accumulation potential of the saccharum munja and cynodon dactylon, the two main grass species grow...

There is a worldwide increase of heavy metal or potentially toxic element (PTE), contamination in agricultural soils caused mainly by human and industrial action, which leads to food contamination in crops such as in maize. Cadmium (Cd) is a PTE often found in soils and it is ingested through food. It is necessary to determine the bioabsorption, distribution, and accumulation levels in maize to...