Effect of Environmental Pollution With Tetracycline and Cadmium on Chlorophyll Content in Spinach (Spinacia Oleracea L.) Leaves Subjected to Cold Storage
Abstract:This paper analysed chlorophyll degradation in spinach leaves from plants affected by cadmium and tetracycline soil contamination, stored for 32 weeks at t= -18 °C. The first-order reaction kinetics were determined for chlorophyll degradation. In plants growing on soil containing tetracycline and cadmium, two ranges of chlorophyll degradation occur: 1 -a slow degradation, during storage for up to 20 weeks, occurring at constant degradation rate, k = 0.00594 ± 0.00029 week -1 for tetracycline and k = 0.00761 ± … Show more
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