Chromium bioaccumulation and its impacts on plants: an overview

A Sharma, D Kapoor, J Wang, B Shahzad, V Kumar… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chromium (Cr) is an element naturally occurring in rocky soils and volcanic dust. It has been
classified as a carcinogen agent according to the International Agency for Research on …

Biosorption and biotransformation of hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)]: a comprehensive review

R Jobby, P Jha, AK Yadav, N Desai - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Chromium (VI) is one of the most common environmental contaminant due to its tremendous
industrial applications. It is non-biodegradable as it is a heavy metal, and hence, of major …

Heavy metal contamination: an alarming threat to environment and human health

S Mishra, RN Bharagava, N More, A Yadav… - … : For sustainable future, 2019 - Springer
Metals naturally exist in the crust of the earth, and their compositions vary among different
localities, resulting in structural disparity of surrounding concentrations. Some heavy metals …

Biogeochemical behaviour and toxicology of chromium in the soil-water-human nexus: A review

WI Mortada, A El-Naggar, A Mosa, KN Palansooriya… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) affects human health if it accumulates in organs to elevated concentrations.
The toxicity risk of Cr in the ecosphere depends upon the dominant Cr species and their …

Recent advances in hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous solutions by adsorptive methods

VE Pakade, NT Tavengwa, LM Madikizela - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Chromium exists mainly in two forms in environmental matrices, namely, the hexavalent (Cr
(VI)) and trivalent (Cr (III)) chromium. While Cr (III) is a micronutrient, Cr (VI) is a known …

Hexavalent chromium reduction potential of Cellulosimicrobium sp. isolated from common effluent treatment plant of tannery industries

RN Bharagava, S Mishra - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2018 - Elsevier
Present study deals with the isolation and characterization of a bacterium capable for the
effective reduction of Cr (VI) from tannery wastewater. Based on the 16S rRNA gene …

Toxic and genotoxic effects of hexavalent chromium in environment and its bioremediation strategies

S Mishra, RN Bharagava - Journal of Environmental Science and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Chromium is one of the major inorganic environmental pollutants, which is added in the
environment through various natural and anthropogenic activities and exists mainly in two …

Chromium in agricultural soils and crops: a review

A Ertani, A Mietto, M Borin, S Nardi - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2017 - Springer
The mobility and distribution of metals in the environment is related not only to their
concentration but also to their availability in the environment. Most chromium (Cr) exists in …

Organic amendments for in situ immobilization of heavy metals in soil: A review

J Gao, H Han, C Gao, Y Wang, B Dong, Z Xu - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a growing need for soil remediation due to the increase in heavy metals (HMs)
migrating into the soil environment, especially those from man-made sources dominated by …

Preparation of nitrogen-doped porous carbon material by a hydrothermal-activation two-step method and its high-efficiency adsorption of Cr (VI)

H Liang, R Sun, B Song, Q Sun, P Peng… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nitrogen-doped carbon spheres (CSs-N) were synthesized by a hydrothermal method with
glucose as the carbon source and urea as the nitrogen source. The synthesized nitrogen …