Recent progress on sustainable phytoremediation of heavy metals from soil

M Pouresmaieli, M Ataei, P Forouzandeh… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the serious environmental concern around the world is heavy metals contamination.
They can enter to the environment through human activities such as mining, farming, and …

Clean-up of heavy metals from contaminated soil by phytoremediation: A multidisciplinary and eco-friendly approach

AK Priya, M Muruganandam, SS Ali, M Kornaros - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pollution from heavy metals is one of the significant environmental concerns facing the world
today. Human activities, such as mining, farming, and manufacturing plant operations, can …

Meta-analysis of heavy metal effects on soil enzyme activities

H Aponte, P Meli, B Butler, J Paolini, F Matus… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Enzyme activities (EAs) respond to contamination in several ways depending on the
chemical form and content of heavy metals and metalloids (HMs) and their interactions with …

[HTML][HTML] Phytoremediation of Pb and Cd contaminated soils by using sunflower (Helianthus annuus) plant

KA Alaboudi, B Ahmed, G Brodie - Annals of agricultural sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Phytoextraction is an emerging cost effective remediation technology that uses plants to
remove metals from contaminated soils. Pot experiments were conducted to compare the …

The change of Cr and Mn concentrations in selected plants in Samsun city center depending on traffic density

T Karacocuk, H Sevik, K Isinkaralar… - Landscape and …, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, air pollution has increased significantly due to anthropogenic factors and
has become a global problem. Heavy metals in air pollution components; it is of particular …

Biotechnological advances in bioremediation of heavy metals contaminated ecosystems: an overview with special reference to phytoremediation

D Mani, C Kumar - International journal of environmental science and …, 2014 - Springer
The ability of heavy metals bioaccumulation to cause toxicity in biological systems—human,
animals, microorganisms and plants—is an important issue for environmental health and …

Natural molecular mechanisms of plant hyperaccumulation and hypertolerance towards heavy metals

L Skuza, I Szućko-Kociuba, E Filip, I Bożek - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The main mechanism of plant tolerance is the avoidance of metal uptake, whereas the main
mechanism of hyperaccumulation is the uptake and neutralization of metals through specific …

The impact of increased flooding occurrence on the mobility of potentially toxic elements in floodplain soil–A review

J Ponting, TJ Kelly, A Verhoef, MJ Watts… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The frequency and duration of flooding events is increasing due to land-use changes
increasing run-off of precipitation, and climate change causing more intense rainfall events …

Human health risks from heavy metals in fish of Buriganga river, Bangladesh

M Kawser Ahmed, MA Baki, GK Kundu, M Saiful Islam… - SpringerPlus, 2016 - Springer
Heavy metals are known to cause deleterious effects on human health through food chain.
Human health risks were evaluated from consumption of heavy metal contaminated fish from …

[HTML][HTML] Phytoremediation mechanisms of heavy metal contaminated soils: a review

M Laghlimi, B Baghdad, H El Hadi, A Bouabdli - Open journal of Ecology, 2015 - scirp.org
Phytoremediation is a green emerging technology used to remove pollutants from
environment components. Mechanisms used to remediate soils contaminated by heavy …