Bio-monitoring of cadmium, lead, arsenic and mercury in industrial districts of Izmir, Turkey by using honey bees, propolis and pine tree leaves

Matin, Golnar; Kargar, Navid; Büyükışık, Hasan

doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.01.035

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“…Recently, the chemical pollutants, due to the usage of several chemical compounds, increase in environmental matrices such as water, soil, and air as a result of urbanization, agricultural activities, and industrialization (Matin et al, 2016). Environmental pollution by pesticides, heavy metals, organic pollutants, pathogens, and radioactivity can be passed on to living organisms (human, animal, and plants).…”

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Antioxidant Activities and Heavy Metal Contents of Castanea Sativa Honey

2018

Global NEST Journal

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<p>Honey is one of the most valuable foods in terms of its antioxidant nature and antioxidant activity. In this study, their botanic origins, total flavonoid content, total phenol content, the hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity (HPSA) (in terms of SC50 (µg mL-1)), ferric reducing antioxidant power capacity (FRAP), 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity (in terms of SC50), metal-chelating activity (MCA) (%) and heavy metal amounts were examined to determine the qualities of honey samples that gathered from Giresun city of Black Sea region in Turkey. According to the melissopalynological analysis, the botanic origins of the samples are Castanea sativa (Chestnut) Miller and uni-floral. The HPSA, FRAP, DPPH, MCA (%), total phenol content (TPC), and total flavonoid content (TFC) were found between 251.99±0.48-258.64±1.22 µg mL-1, 71.34±0.09-73.71±0.20 %, 584.86±0.06-595.04±0.29 µg mL-1, 36.73±0.00-36.86±0.09 %, 93.82±1.05-173.15±2.46 mg GAE 100 g-1 and 5.51±0.19-8.29±0.05 mg CAE/100 g, respectively. For comparison of these results, Butylated Hydroxy Anisole (BHA), Butylated Hydroxy Toluene (BHT) and α-Tocopherol (TOC) were used as standard antioxidant compounds. In addition, it was observed that honey samples were been contaminated with most of the heavy metals (Al, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mg, Mn, Ni, Rb, and Zn) to a lesser or greater extent, whereas others (Te, Tl, and U) were never detected in these samples. However, Cd and Cs were detected only in one sample and Pb in another sample Finally, the results indicate that although honey is an important source of nutrients, nevertheless it could be affected by environmental pollution.</p>

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Antioxidant Activities and Heavy Metal Contents of Castanea Sativa Honey

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“…The visible symptoms caused by the increased content of these metals in plants are growth retardation, damage to the root system, and leaf chlorosis. The toxic effect of copper is manifested in a decrease in the formation of phytomass, a decrease in the content of chlorophyll and hydration of tissues, and inhibition of the absorption of ions of some other metals and their translocation [20][21][22].…”

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State and Environment Purifying Functions of Forest Stands Under Conditions of Polymetallic Pollution in the Industrial Center of Sterlitamak

Giniyatullin¹,

Бактыбаева²,

Габидуллина³

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the Ecological-Socio-Economic Systems: Models of Competition and Cooperation (ESES 2019)

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Environmental degradation of urbanized areas negatively affects the population health. Air pollution is a priority among other environmental factors affecting incidence. The issue of environmental pollution by heavy metals, which exhibit high toxicity in trace amounts and have a high migratory ability and a tendency to bioaccumulation, has become increasingly urgent in recent years. The creation of sanitary-protective sectors of woody plant species should contribute to the deposition of aero-pollutants, as well as the absorption of toxicants from the soil. However, the performance of the function of a phytofilter for a long time negatively affects the vitality of trees themselves. A study of the absorptive capacity of individual species of woody plants and their reaction to the toxicants will make it possible to predict the stability of protective forest stands and justify forestry activities. This work presents the results of many years of research on the assessment of the relative living state and characteristics of the accumulation of heavy metals (Cu, Cd and Pb) with balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera L.) under conditions of industrial center of Sterlitamak. The metal content in the samples was determined by atomic absorption spectrometry. The biological absorption coefficient and the conversion coefficient were calculated. It was revealed that under the conditions of polymetallic pollution of the Sterlitamak's industrial center, the relative living condition of the balsam poplar stands is assessed as "weakened". The high content of metals in the soil's root layer negatively affects the vitality of trees. Despite this, poplar stands make a significant contribution to limiting the spread of pollutants in the environment. The highest content of heavy metals in healthy trees is noted in the root system, thereby contributing to the preservation of favorable concentrations of chemical elements in the aboveground organs. With an increase in the concentration of copper, cadmium and lead in the roots of weakened trees, their increased amount is also observed in the aboveground organs (branches and leaves).

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“…Therefore, the appropriate choice for the site to install the meliponary with the bee colonies needs to be considered to avoid areas very close to contamination sources due to anthropogenic activities. Malavolta (1994) highlighted that the useful life of toxic metals in the soil varies from 70-510 years for Zn, 13-1100 years for Cd, 300-1500 years for Cu and 740-5900 years for Pb. Therefore, if present in the soil, these metals can be absorbed by plants that constitute the bee flora.…”

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Honey from Stingless Bee as Indicator of Contamination with Metals

Nascimento¹,

Chambó²,

Oliveira³

et al. 2018

Sociobiology

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Melipona scutellaris (Apidae, Meliponini) is one of the main species of stingless bees used in beekeeping in the Northeast of Brazil. We examined the honey from M. scutellaris as an indicator to evaluate the levels of metals at sampling sites subject to a broad spectrum of environmental pollutants. The collections were carried out in the urban-industrial area of Salvador, Bahia and the metropolitan region. Samples (n= 58) were submitted to the nitroperchloric digestion procedure. We used the inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry technique (ICP OES) to determine the concentration of metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb and Zn) in the samples. The studied metals were detected among the samples, which presented tolerable levels according to current Brazilian legislation and recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO), except for Cr, which presented mean values higher than the threshold for all sampling sites. The detection of the analyzed metals indicates that the honey of M. scutellaris is a useful tool to evaluate the presence of environmental contaminants; therefore, it can be considered a good indicator of environmental contamination for monitoring a particular region and preventing issues due to the release of metals into the environment.

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Bio-monitoring of cadmium, lead, arsenic and mercury in industrial districts of Izmir, Turkey by using honey bees, propolis and pine tree leaves

Cited by 109 publications

References 11 publications

Antioxidant Activities and Heavy Metal Contents of Castanea Sativa Honey

Antioxidant Activities and Heavy Metal Contents of Castanea Sativa Honey

State and Environment Purifying Functions of Forest Stands Under Conditions of Polymetallic Pollution in the Industrial Center of Sterlitamak

Honey from Stingless Bee as Indicator of Contamination with Metals

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