Bryomonitoring of Environmental Pollution

Alam, Afroz

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-9029-5_13

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“…Bryophytes survive in moist places like soil, rocks, bark, trunks and branches of trees and fallen logs. The substances dissolved in ambient moisture are the source of nutrients for bryophytes which help them to grow and survive 10,11 .…”

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Utilization of the First Land Plants (Bryophytes) as a Source of Beneficial Bioactive Chemicals

Singh,

Sharma,

Joshi

et al. 2023

Res. J. Phytochem

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Bryophytes are considered the first land plants or amphibians of the plant kingdom, with unique thallus structures with no roots and a cuticle over the thallus surface and peculiar water relations as they are considered Poikilohydric plants. These plants have proven ecological significance as water reservoirs, but economically, their worth has to be proven. Usually, sphagnum is considered an economically important plant because of its utility in various fields such as horticulture, fuel, medicine, etc. However, apart from this moss genus, only a few species have been designated with economic implications and, there are lots of species in bryophytes that have shown the presence of economically important phytoconstituents. But, generally, they are somewhat neglected for their phytochemistry and curative properties, aside from their huge diversity, second only to angiosperms. As a result of this knowledge gap about bryophytes, this study will concentrate on the valuable bioactive phytoconstituents that have been documented to date from bryophytes and have useful bioactive components. Currently, bryophytes are expected to supply a vast reservoir of new phytoconstituents for therapeutic use. The phytochemistry of various commonly occurring and easy-to-collect bryophytes has been discussed in almost complete detail in this review, along with their confirmed phytotoxic, antimicrobial, antifungal and cytotoxic properties. This effort has demonstrated that bryophytes hold tremendous promise as a source of various significant and novel bioactive compounds with medicinal and preventive functions. Researchers in bryology, phytochemistry and drug discovery will find the compilation particularly useful.

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confidence: 99%

Utilization of the First Land Plants (Bryophytes) as a Source of Beneficial Bioactive Chemicals

Singh,

Sharma,

Joshi

et al. 2023

Res. J. Phytochem

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Biomonitoring for Sustainable Development

Babafemi,

Ajani,

Binuyo

et al. 2024

Biomonitoring of Pollutants in the Global South

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Monitoring of the impact of road salting on spruce forest ecosystem in the vicinity of the highway D1 in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, Czech Republic

Hegrová

Prokeš

Anděl

et al. 2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Monitoring of pollution in the vicinity of roads connected to winter road maintenance is one of the important tools for optimising winter maintenance technology and reducing its environmental impact. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between winter road maintenance and the increased concentration of sodium ion to characterize the harm caused by the de-icing agents on selected types of individual components grown in the Norway Spruce ecosystem. The model area is located in the immediate vicinity of the D1 motorway connecting Prague and Brno (Czech Republic), at 103rd kilometer. The area is thus exposed to long-term contamination from automobile transport and the monitoring was carried out for three consecutive years. A clear effect of the de-icing agents on conifers near the road has been demonstrated by the symptoms of salt damage visually observed in close proximity to the road (at a sampling distance of 5 m). The needles of these spruce trees also showed increased sodium concentrations, regardless of the age of the needles. The study also con rms that sodium accumulates in all selected components of the analysed ecosystem (moos, humus, soil). The sodium concentration has been found to decrease with increasing distance from the road for all of the components.

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Bryomonitoring of Environmental Pollution

Cited by 5 publications

References 60 publications

Utilization of the First Land Plants (Bryophytes) as a Source of Beneficial Bioactive Chemicals

Utilization of the First Land Plants (Bryophytes) as a Source of Beneficial Bioactive Chemicals

Biomonitoring for Sustainable Development

Monitoring of the impact of road salting on spruce forest ecosystem in the vicinity of the highway D1 in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, Czech Republic

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