Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Pollution: A Bibliometric and Scientometric Analysis from 1989 to 2018

Li, Chen; Ji, Xiaohui; Luo, Xin

doi:10.3390/ijerph16234755

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“…Among the databases, the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database covers almost all the most comprehensive and authoritative scientific literature worldwide. Numerous leading journals and detailed information about publications around the world are available from the WoSCC, which remains the most widely used database in the field of natural science [ 30 , 31 ]. In addition, the WoSCC could meet the special requirements of CiteSpace for data structure and content.…”

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A Scientometric Review of Urban Disaster Resilience Research

Yang

Tan

et al. 2021

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Natural disasters and human-made disasters are threatening urban areas globally. The resilience capacity of the urban system plays an important role in disaster risk response and recovery. Strengthening urban disaster resilience is also fundamental to ensuring sustainable development. Various practices and research for enhancing urban disaster resilience have been carried out worldwide but are yet to be reviewed. Accordingly, this paper gives a scientometric review of urban disaster resilience research by using CiteSpace. The time span (January 2001–January 2021) was selected and divided into three phases based on the number of publications. In addition, according to keyword statistics and clustering results, the collected articles are grouped into four hotspot topics: disaster risk reduction, specific disaster resilience research, resilience assessment, and combination research. The results show that most of the existing research is in the first two categories, and articles in the second and fourth categories both show a high growth rate and could be further research directions. The review indicates that urban disaster resilience is essential for a city’s sustainable development. Moreover, the findings provide scholars a full picture of the existing urban disaster resilience research which can help them identify promising research directions. The findings can also help urban government officials and policymakers review current urban disaster management strategies and make further improvements.

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A Scientometric Review of Urban Disaster Resilience Research

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“…The metallic content of botanicals used for food, thus has the potential for direct and indirect adverse effects on the human nervous system. On the other hand, the ability of certain botanicals to bioaccumulate certain metals/metalloids is exploited to protect human health by reducing soil and water pollution via phytoremediation and mycoremediation [118,119]. Acknowledgments: Third World Medical Research Foundation assisted with the collection of information on food use and neurological effects of grasspea and cassava.…”

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Direct and Indirect Neurotoxic Potential of Metal/Metalloids in Plants and Fungi Used for Food, Dietary Supplements, and Herbal Medicine

Spencer

Palmer

2021

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Plants and mushrooms bioconcentrate metals/metalloids from soil and water such that high levels of potentially neurotoxic elements can occur in cultivated and wild species used for food. While the health effects of excessive exposure to metals/metalloids with neurotoxic potential are well established, overt neurological disease from prolonged ingestion of contaminated botanicals has not been recognized. However, the presence of metal elements may affect levels of botanical neurotoxins in certain plants and mushrooms that are established causes of acute and chronic neurological disease.

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“…Phytoremediation is a green cost-effective eco-approach used in cleaning up soil and water from the chemical contaminations. As an essential method utilized in reducing the environmental pollution, an interest in phytoremediation has been growing rapidly in recent years [ 10 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ]. As an emerging and sustainable technology that is cost-effective, solar-driven, passive and aesthetically acceptable, phytoremediation has become a sustainable technology for contaminant removal that can be used in different habitat types [ 16 ].…”

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Monitoring the Efficiency of Rhazya stricta L. Plants in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soil

Azab

Hegazy

2020

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Heavy metal-contaminated soil constitutes many environmental concerns. The toxic nature of heavy metals poses serious threats to human health and the ecosystem. Decontamination of the polluted soil by phytoremediation is of fundamental importance. Vegetation is an appealing and cost-effective green technology for the large-scale phytoremediation of polluted soils. In this paper, a greenhouse experiment was carried out to test the potential of Rhazya stricta as a heavy metal phytoremediator in polluted soil. Plants were grown for three months in pots filled with soils treated with the heavy metals Cd, Pb, Cu, and Zn at rates of 10, 50, and 100 mg/kg. The bioaccumulation factor (BCF) and translocation factor (TF) were calculated to detect the ability of R. stricta to accumulate and transfer heavy metals from soil to plant organs. The results showed that under increasing levels of soil pollution, the bioconcentration of Cd and Zn heavy metals showed the highest values in plant roots followed by leaves, whereas in the case of Pb and Cu, roots showed the highest values followed by stems. Heavy metals accumulation was higher in roots than in stems and leaves. The BCF of Zn reached the highest values in roots and stems for 10 mg/kg soil treatment, followed by the BCFs of Cd, Cu, and Pb. The TF for the different heavy metal pollutants’ concentrations was less than unity, suggesting that the plants remediate pollutants by phytostabilization. The TF values ranged from higher to lower were in the order Zn > Cu > Cd > Pb. The rapid growth of R. stricta and its tolerance of heavy metals, as well as its ability to absorb and accumulate metals within the plant, recommends its use in the phytoremediation of slightly polluted soils in arid lands by limiting the heavy metals transport.

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Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal Pollution: A Bibliometric and Scientometric Analysis from 1989 to 2018

Cited by 38 publications

References 120 publications

A Scientometric Review of Urban Disaster Resilience Research

A Scientometric Review of Urban Disaster Resilience Research

Direct and Indirect Neurotoxic Potential of Metal/Metalloids in Plants and Fungi Used for Food, Dietary Supplements, and Herbal Medicine

Monitoring the Efficiency of Rhazya stricta L. Plants in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soil

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