Critical review on biogeochemical dynamics of mercury (Hg) and its abatement strategies

AD Singh, K Khanna, J Kour, S Dhiman, T Bhardwaj… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Mercury (Hg) is among the naturally occurring heavy metal with elemental, organic, and
inorganic distributions in the environment. Being considered a global pollutant, high pools of …

A critical review of mercury speciation, bioavailability, toxicity and detoxification in soil-plant environment: Ecotoxicology and health risk assessment

M Shahid, S Khalid, I Bibi, J Bundschuh… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental contamination by a non-essential and non-beneficial, although potentially
toxic mercury (Hg), is becoming a great threat to the living organisms at a global scale …

[HTML][HTML] Omics approaches for understanding heavy metal responses and tolerance in plants

M Jamla, T Khare, S Joshi, S Patil, S Penna… - Current Plant …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed a gradual increase in the bioavailability and groundwater
leaching of toxic heavy metals (HMs) in the environment, driven mainly by anthropogenic …

Mechanisms of metal toxicity in plants

H Küpper, E Andresen - Metallomics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Metal toxicity in plants is still a global problem for the environment, agriculture and ultimately
human health. This review initially addresses the current state of the environmental …

Phytoremediation and microorganisms-assisted phytoremediation of mercury-contaminated soils: challenges and perspectives

ED Tiodar, CL Văcar, D Podar - International Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mercury (Hg) pollution is a global threat to human and environmental health because of its
toxicity, mobility and long-term persistence. Although costly engineering-based technologies …

Reactive oxygen species metabolism and antioxidant defense in plants under metal/metalloid stress

J Al Mahmud, MHMB Bhuyan, TI Anee, K Nahar… - Plant Abiotic Stress …, 2019 - Springer
Toxic metals/metalloids are considered leading environmental contaminants for world
agriculture. Metal/metalloid pollution in the crop growing area increases their accumulation …

Mercury induced oxidative stress, DNA damage, and activation of antioxidative system and Hsp70 induction in duckweed (Lemna minor)

T Zhang, Q Lu, C Su, Y Yang, D Hu, Q Xu - … and environmental Safety, 2017 - Elsevier
Mercury uptake and its effects on physiology, biochemistry and genomic stability were
investigated in Lemna minor after 2 and 6 d of exposure to 0–30 μM Hg. The accumulation …

Extremely elevated methyl mercury levels in water, sediment and organisms in a Romanian reservoir affected by release of mercury from a chlor-alkali plant

AG Bravo, C Cosio, D Amouroux, J Zopfi, PA Chevalley… - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
We examined mercury (Hg) biogeochemistry and biomagnification in the Babeni Reservoir,
a system strongly affected by the release of Hg from a chlor-alkali plant. Total mercury (THg) …

Cellular toxicity pathways of inorganic and methyl mercury in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

R Beauvais-Flück, VI Slaveykova, C Cosio - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Contamination by mercury (Hg) is a worldwide concern because of Hg toxicity and
biomagnification in aquatic food webs. Nevertheless, bioavailability and cellular toxicity …

Effects of copper-oxide nanoparticles, dissolved copper and ultraviolet radiation on copper bioaccumulation, photosynthesis and oxidative stress in the aquatic …

N Regier, C Cosio, N von Moos, VI Slaveykova - Chemosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, the uptake and sub-toxic effects of CuO nanoparticles (CuO-NPs), dissolved Cu
(II) alone or in combination with UV radiation on the aquatic macrophyte Elodea nuttallii …