Potential of Helianthus annuus for phytoremediation of lead, zinc, total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contaminated soil

Kluk, D.; Steliga, Teresa

doi:10.18668/ng.2019.07.01

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“…Therefore, investigation on decorative sunflower plant, Helianthus annuus, was also investigated for its ability to reduce TPH and PAHs contaminants simultaneously with Pb and Zn metals, besides being able to control heavy metals [69,70]. The combined results showed a decrease in Pb and Zn concentrations of around 50%, while a decrease in TPH and PAHs was around 35% [71].…”

Section: Phytotreatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Phytoarchitecture Design for Public Roads to Combat Air Pollution Resulting from Transport Operations

Harida Samudro,

Ganjar Samudro,

Sarwoko Mangkoedihardjo

2023

ARASET

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Public roads and all their activities interact with the environment outside. The interaction was related to transportation pollutants and their recipient bodies, plants, air, and soil. The interaction of these environmental components can produce air pollution and requires prevention solutions. Plants are considered capable of weakening pollution; thus, this study aims to design a novel phytoarchitecture for public roads where roadside plants reduce air pollutants. The method for achieving this goal was based on selected empirical research, which was searched, collected, and selected using the Mendeley reference manager platform with the search phrase: roadside plants, heavy metals, and gaseous pollutants. The selection of hundreds of literatures was carried out in three screening stages. The organisation of this literature review used the ecological approach of transportation pollutants and roadside plants. With the intended methodology, the results of this study indicate that gaseous pollutants and heavy metals arise from public road transportation activities. Traces of pollutants can be measured on the surrounding land and especially on plants. There are five functional characteristics of plants, including phytotreatment, which reduces air pollution; phytoaccumulation to store pollutants; phytoindicators to indicate the presence of excessive concentrations; phytotoxicity in response to toxic levels; and phytomonitoring, which can provide early warning system. Finally, an ecological design is proposed for new roads and improving, operating, and maintaining existing roadside plants. In conclusion, the plant roles can be applied as criteria in the architectural design of public roads.

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Section: Phytotreatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Phytoarchitecture Design for Public Roads to Combat Air Pollution Resulting from Transport Operations

Harida Samudro,

Ganjar Samudro,

Sarwoko Mangkoedihardjo

2023

ARASET

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“…Tests were performed in polystyrene transparent test plates. Incubation conditions: temperature T = 25°C in the dark, incubation time t = 72 h. Test reaction: germination and early root growth inhibition (Steliga and Kluk, 2019).…”

Section: Toxicological Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…After 6 days of contact with the tested deposits their percentage of mortality is determined as well as growth inhibition with respect to results obtained in contact with non-toxic control deposit. The test is carried out on plates with 6 wells (3 × 2), incubation time: 6 days at a temperature of 25°C (Steliga and Kluk, 2019).…”

Section: Toxicological Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The created substances involved in this reaction are oxygen and long chain aldehyde. At the presence of substances having a negative impact on cell metabolism bacteria very quickly respond with a decline of luminescence, which after 15 minutes of contact with the sample is measured by means of a Delta Tox analyser (Steliga and Kluk, 2019). Toxicity results were calculated as EC 50 , that is such a concentration of the studied sample, causing origination generations of 50% of test -survival reaction (PE).…”

Section: Toxicological Analysismentioning

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Study on bioremediation of soil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Wojtowicz

Steliga

2020

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The article presents issues related to biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls in soil by inoculation with a biopreparation IN-3 developed on the basis of microorganisms capable of metabolizing PCB. Biodegradation tests were carried out using the ex-situ technological pile method on a specially constructed test stand. As part of the research, physical and chemical analyzes of the initial soil were performed, with particular regard to the content of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus), PCB chromatographic analyzes and toxicological analyzes. Before inoculating soil with biopreparation IN-3, the parameters of the process were established (temperature = 17-25°C, humidity = 20-25%, pH = 7.5-7.8, content of nutrients: C:N:P = 100:10:1), which were monitored during bioremediation. During soil treatment, the content of identified PCB congeners was monitored. The assessment of biodegradation efficiency of polychlorinated biphenyls in soil was complemented by toxicological monitoring, which was carried out using live organisms representing all trophic levels: producers (Phytotoxkit TM test), consumers (Ostracodtoxkit F TM test) and reducers agents (Microtox ® SPT test). Also, the presence of mutagenic factors were tested with the Ames mutagenicity test. As a result of the six-month biodegradation process of soil contaminated with aged transformer oil, upon inoculation with biopreparation IN-3, a reduction in the content of polychlorinated biphenyls from 13 153.9 µg/kg d.m. down to 1650.4 µg/kg d.m. (87.5%) was archieved. The obtained chromatographic analysis results showed that the efficiency of the PCB biodegradation depended on the number of chlorine atoms in the biphenyl ring (with the increase in the number of chlorine atoms in the PCB molecule the degree of biodegradation decreased) and the structure of the molecule (PCB congeners having 2 or more chlorine atoms in the biphenyl ring ortho positions were more difficult to biodegrade than non-ortho or mono-ortho, while polychlorinated biphenyls, in which chlorine atoms occur on only one phenyl ring, were more easily biodegradable). The toxicological analysis showed a reduction in the toxicity of the soil tested from toxicity unit TU = 26.7 to TU = 6.1. In addition, toxkit tests (Phytotoxkit TM and Ostracodtoxkit F TM ) showed a decrease in inhibition of test organism growth from 69.3 to 14.8% (Ostracodtoxkit F TM test) and from 64.7-78.0 to 11.9-17.5% (Phytotoxkit test). Decreasing the mutagenicity index from 8.3 to 1.5 in the Ames test confirmed the effectiveness of the purification process. Based on the results of the experiment, conclusions were made regarding issues related to biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls in soil.

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“…They embody the possibility to determine simultaneously the holistic impact and the pollution effect to the environment [19]. Ostracodtoxkit F™ has had only limited application to water quality assessments [20] and WWTPs [21,22], contrary to soils [23][24][25][26][27][28], sediments [29][30][31] and sewage sludge [32,33].…”

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Chemometric Evaluation of WWTPs’ Wastewaters and Receiving Surface Waters in Bulgaria

Mihaylova

Yotova

Kudłak

et al. 2022

Water

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Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) installations are designed and operated to reduce the quantity of pollutants emitted to surface waters receiving treated wastewaters. In this work, we used classical instrumental studies (to determine chemicals and parameters under obligations put with Directive 91/271/EEC), ecotoxicological tools (Sinapis alba root growth inhibition (SA-RG) and Heterocypris incongruens mortality (MORT) and growth inhibition (GRINH)) and multivariate statistical analysis to gain information on feature profiles of WWTPs’ effluents and the possible burden of surface water bodies receiving treated wastewaters in eleven locations of Bulgaria. Initial screening of results has shown that only phosphorus content exceeds the admissible level in 5 out 11 WWTP effluents, while As, Cr, Cu, Mn, and Zn show exceedance at several locations. The multivariate statistical analysis reveals the discriminating water quality parameters and outlines the ability of Heterocypris incongruens to evaluate the ecotoxicological potential of different groups of waters.

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Potential of Helianthus annuus for phytoremediation of lead, zinc, total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contaminated soil

Cited by 3 publications

References 18 publications

Phytoarchitecture Design for Public Roads to Combat Air Pollution Resulting from Transport Operations

Phytoarchitecture Design for Public Roads to Combat Air Pollution Resulting from Transport Operations

Study on bioremediation of soil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Chemometric Evaluation of WWTPs’ Wastewaters and Receiving Surface Waters in Bulgaria

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