Heavy metals are significant and extremely persistent environmental pollutants and their
toxicity is a problem of increasing significance for ecological, nutritional, and environmental …

The present study focused on the heavy metal and essential element contents that were
detected in 37 different plants for making assessments to reveal possible heavy metal …

Heavy metals like cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn), resulting from
anthropogenic activities, are elements with high persistence in nature, being able to …

A number of species have developed detoxification strategies that allow them to accumulate
high amounts of heavy metals in their tissues and grow despite a high heavy metal (HM) …

Abstract Knowledge of element concentrations in botanical extracts is relevant to assure
consumer protection given the increased interest in plant-based ingredients. This study …

Phytoremediation is an emerging technology that employs higher plants to cleanup
contaminated environments, including metal-polluted soils. Because it produces a biomass …

This study measured copper and zinc concentrations in medicinal herbs and soil sampled
from three agricultural fields with ponds from mid-June till the end of July 2014. Six herb …

In this research, the Cu phytoremediation capacity of common mullein (Verbascum thapsus
L.) was evaluated concerning plant growth, antioxidant enzymes, and photosynthetic …

The genus Verbascum, commonly known as" mullein", bears several species traditionally
used to treat various infections, inflammations and wounds. In this study, extracts from V …

Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) is a widely used
method of elemental analysis because of its excellent analytical figures of merit and relative …