Highlights•Heavy metals uptake and translocation by medicinal plants depends on various
factors.•Heavy metals act as abiotic elicitor in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.•Status …

Accumulation of heavy metals (HMs) in soil, water and air is one of the major environmental
concerns worldwide, which mainly occurs due to anthropogenic activities such as …

Extreme environmental factors, including heat, UV-B radiation, heavy metals, salt and
drought, substantially impact bioactive components and the content of essential oils (EOs) in …

Purpose The evaluation of the ecotoxicity effects of some heavy metals on the plant growth
and metal accumulation in Ocimum basilicum L. cultivated on unpolluted and polluted soils …

Molecular Aspects of Plant Beneficial Microbes in Agriculture explores their diverse
interactions, including the pathogenic and symbiotic relationship which leads to either a …

The widespread use of pesticides has made them into a frequent pollutant of soils and
water. The usage of essential oils has gathered the attention of the scientific research …

Aromatic plants produce aromatic compounds, generally in form of essential oils which can
be brought to use for several purposes. Essential oils are examples of secondary …

This study presents the behavior of white mustard seedlings Sinapis alba grown for three
months in laboratory polluted soil containing As, Cd, Ni and Pb. Four different experiments …

Gamma irradiation is regarded as a promising alternative method for sewage sludge (SS)
treatment. To evaluate the human health risk and effects of gamma irradiated and non …

Contamination of agricultural land by chromium (Cr) can inhibit physiological and
biochemical processes in plants, leading to reduced crop productivity and food/feed safety …