Characteristics of potted plants for removing offensive odors

Healthy workplaces: plantscaping for indoor environmental quality

“…They found the purification ability to be high for ammonia because it provides nutrition for the plants, although the ability to remove acetone was much lower, with the acetone level remaining nearly unchanged. They also found that the purification ability increased with increasing numbers of pots and that purification takes longer with increasing molecular weight of the chemical (Oyabu et al, 2003).…”

“…They suggest that a single 300g spider plant could detoxify a 100 cubic metre room in six hours. Oyabu et al, (2003) tested the ability of golden pothos (Epipremmum aureum) to remove ammonia, formaldehyde and acetone from indoor air. They found the purification ability to be high for ammonia because it provides nutrition for the plants, although the ability to remove acetone was much lower, with the acetone level remaining nearly unchanged.…”

Significant Role of Ornamental Plants as Air Purifiers – A Review

“…An increase in relative humidity, particularly in heated environments, increases the comfort level. Another means by which indoor plants improve enclosed environments is by removing offensive odours from the air (Oyabu et al, 2003) (Table 3).…”

Studies for Absorption of Formaldehyde by Using Foliage on Wild Tomato Species

“…As for research into the HCHO removal effect by using plants, pothos (Epipremnum aureum, Onodera et al, 1999), and golden pothos (Oyabu et al, 2001(Oyabu et al, , 2003Sawada et al, 2002) have been reported. In these reports, the HCHO removal capacity of pothos was affected by the type of plant and pollutants, or cultivation environmental factors such as temperature, illuminance, and soil type.…”