Suitability of aromatic plants for phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated areas: a review

Pandey, Janhvi; Verma, Rajesh; Singh, S. N.

doi:10.1080/15226514.2018.1540546

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“…This study's results contribute to improving understanding of the underlying parameters of the biochemical plasticity of this plant species enabling its growth on highly TMM contaminated soils. These results also confirm that this perennial is a good candidate for phytostabilisation of metallurgical brownfields in the Mediterranean (Pandey et al, 2019;Bozdoğan Sert et al, 2019). Recent studies on another native plant growing nearby the same brownfield, Astragalus tragacantha, showed the capacity of this other Mediterranean pseudo-metallophyte to cope with TMM soil pollution (Salducci et al, 2019).…”

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Advances and limits of two model species for ecotoxicological assessment of carbamazepine, two by-products and their mixture at environmental level in freshwater

Desbiolles

Moreau²,

Jong³

et al. 2020

Water Research

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This study highlights the trace metal and metalloid (TMM) accumulation in Rosmarinus officinalis L. and its chemical responses when exposed to high levels of contamination. R. officinalis individuals growing along a gradient of mixed TMM soil pollutions, resulting from past industrial activities, were analysed. Several plant secondary metabolites, known to be involved in plant tolerance to TMM or as a plant health indicator, were investigated. The levels of thiol compounds and phytochelatin precursors (cysteine and glutathione) in the shoots were measured in the laboratory, while a portable non-destructive instrument was used *Revised manuscript with no changes marked 2 to determine the level of phenolic compounds and chlorophylls directly on site. The level of Pb, As, Sb and Zn contaminations within the soil and plants was also determined. The results highlighted a decrease of TMM translocation with increases of soil contamination. The concentration of TMM in the shoots followed the Mitscherlich equation and reached a plateau at 0.41, 7.9, 0.37, 51.3 mg.kg-1 for As, Pb, Sb and Zn, respectively. In the shoots, the levels of thiols and phenols were correlated to concentrations of TMM. Glutathione seems to be the main thiol compounds involved in the tolerance to As, Pb and Sb. Phenols indices, using non-destructive measurements, may be considered as an easy way to establish a proxy to estimate the TMM contamination level of the R. officinalis shoots. The study highlights metabolic processes that contribute to the high potential of R. officinalis for phytostabilisation of TMM in contaminated areas in the Mediterranean.

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Advances and limits of two model species for ecotoxicological assessment of carbamazepine, two by-products and their mixture at environmental level in freshwater

Desbiolles

Moreau²,

Jong³

et al. 2020

Water Research

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“…Plants used for phytoremediation of polluted soils should be highly tolerant and produce a great quantity of biomass in contaminated conditions despite the accumulation of high amounts of heavy metals in their tissues [2,48,49]. In recent years, increasing attention is paid to the aromatic plants as an alternative for conducting environmentally safe and cost-effective phytoremediation, since these species are mainly grown for secondary products and the contamination of the food chain with heavy metals is eliminated [50].…”

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Spatial Heterogeneity of Cadmium Effects on Salvia sclarea Leaves Revealed by Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging Analysis and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

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In this study, for a first time (according to our knowledge), we couple the methodologies of chlorophyll fluorescence imaging analysis (CF-IA) and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), in order to investigate the effects of cadmium (Cd) accumulation on photosystem II (PSII) photochemistry. We used as plant material Salvia sclarea that grew hydroponically with or without (control) 100 μM Cd for five days. The spatial heterogeneity of a decreased effective quantum yield of electron transport (ΦPSΙΙ) that was observed after exposure to Cd was linked to the spatial pattern of high Cd accumulation. However, the high increase of non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), at the leaf part with the high Cd accumulation, resulted in the decrease of the quantum yield of non-regulated energy loss (ΦNO) even more than that of control leaves. Thus, S. sclarea leaves exposed to 100 μM Cd exhibited lower reactive oxygen species (ROS) production as singlet oxygen (1O2). In addition, the increased photoprotective heat dissipation (NPQ) in the whole leaf under Cd exposure was sufficient enough to retain the same fraction of open reaction centers (qp) with control leaves. Our results demonstrated that CF-IA and LA-ICP-MS could be successfully combined to monitor heavy metal effects and plant tolerance mechanisms.

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“…The study of ornamental and aromatic plants in phytoremediation and aspects that could improve their absorbents capability has received growing interest, especially because of their economic aspects and low risk of food chain contamination (Lajayer, Moghadam, Maghsoodi, Ghorbanpour, & Kariman, 2019;Pandey et al, 2019). Moreover, from aromatic plants are extracted essential oils that can be used as aromatic agents, perfumery, cosmetics, and aromatherapy (Pandey et al, 2019). Regarding this, Lajayer et al (2019) also hypothesize that distillation methods for perfume production from ornamental plants can make this product safely marketed.…”

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“…Regarding this, Lajayer et al (2019) also hypothesize that distillation methods for perfume production from ornamental plants can make this product safely marketed. Moreover, Pandey et al (2019) presented two tables with various compiled scientific papers, in which Cymbopogon flexuosu was able to accumulate significant As (III) quantities and rosemary could be a pollutant phytostabilizer (among them arsenic is included).…”

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Use of plants in the remediation of arsenic‐contaminated waters

Berg

Borges

2020

Water Environment Research

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Arsenic-contaminated waters represent environmental and public health problems. The use of plants has emerged as a viable, cost-effective, and low environmental impact alternative to treat these polluted waters. This review presents studies published in the year 2019 on phytoremediation covering the effects observed on plants, trends in plant species selection and treatment of arsenic-rich biomass. Studies on application of this technology are exposed through constructed (treatment) wetlands, and a brief contextualization on the impacts of arsenic contamination was also performed.

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Suitability of aromatic plants for phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated areas: a review

Cited by 115 publications

References 123 publications

Advances and limits of two model species for ecotoxicological assessment of carbamazepine, two by-products and their mixture at environmental level in freshwater

Advances and limits of two model species for ecotoxicological assessment of carbamazepine, two by-products and their mixture at environmental level in freshwater

Spatial Heterogeneity of Cadmium Effects on Salvia sclarea Leaves Revealed by Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging Analysis and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Use of plants in the remediation of arsenic‐contaminated waters

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