Impact of anthropogenic pollution in Tyumen on herbs vital activity parameters

The purpose of this study was the investigation of lipid peroxidation products and photosynthetic pigment content in cells of herbs of various species in conditions of anthropogenic pollution of Tyumen. The material for the research was collected near different plants of Tyumen: metallurgical, engine, oil refinery, battery manufacturing as well as highway pollution. The following species of plants were analysed: coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), red clover (Trifolium rubens), chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) and wild vetch (Vicia cracca). Heavy metal concentration in soils of urban areas turned out to be elevated compared to background sites. Especially high heavy metal content was registered near metallurgical and battery manufacturing plants. Changes in photosynthetic pigment concentration turned out to be species-specific. An increase in photosynthetic pigments was obtained in chamomile cells, while in other plants oppression of photosynthetic apparatus was revealed. Concentration of lipid peroxidation cells of chamomile, meadow grass and wild vetch was increased compared to background site, while in coltsfoot and red clover it decreased. Heavy metal content in soils positively correlated with lipid peroxidation in plants. Oxidation stress in chamomile cells created energetic starvation, which was reflected in a positive correlation between photosynthetic pigments and the concentration of conjugated dienes in cells.

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Effect of organic inputs on soil properties, heavy metal content and maize root yield on spent engine oil contaminated soil

International Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences ◽

10.4314/ijonas.v4i3.49869 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

Author(s):

C Mbah ◽

A Orji

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metal ◽

Soil Properties ◽

Contaminated Soil ◽

Metal Content ◽

Heavy Metal Content ◽

Maize Root ◽

Engine Oil ◽

Root Yield ◽

Spent Engine Oil

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Using Heavy Metal Content and Lipid Peroxidation Indicators in the Tissues of the Mussel Crenomytilus grayanus for Pollution Assessment After Marine Environmental Remediation

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ◽

10.1007/s00128-015-1624-3 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 95 (4) ◽

pp. 481-487 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Nina Belcheva ◽

Alexandra Istomina ◽

Nadezhda Dovzhenko ◽

Tatiana Lishavskaya ◽

Victor Chelomin

Keyword(s):

Lipid Peroxidation ◽

Heavy Metal ◽

Environmental Remediation ◽

Metal Content ◽

Pollution Assessment ◽

Heavy Metal Content ◽

Crenomytilus Grayanus ◽

Mussel Crenomytilus Grayanus ◽

Marine Environmental

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Study of The Pharmacological Activity and Heavy Metal Content of Eichhornia Crassipes Extract

ICONIET PROCEEDING ◽

10.33555/iconiet.v2i2.17 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 91-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jimmy Jimmy ◽

Diah Indriani Widiputri ◽

Paulus Gunawan

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metal ◽

Pharmacological Activity ◽

Water Hyacinth ◽

Metal Content ◽

Eichhornia Crassipes ◽

High Light Intensity ◽

Milling Process ◽

Heavy Metal Content ◽

Solvent Ratio ◽

Negative Impacts

Eichhornia crassipes is well-known as water hyacinth. Water hyacinth grows rapidly in the nutrient-rich water and high light intensity places. The uncontrollable growth of water hyacinth has caused many negative impacts to the environment. For instance, interrupted water transport and decreased population of aquatic lives. The capacity of utilising water hyacinth is slower than water hyacinth growth and water hyacinth is still considered as a threat to theecosystem. This work was focused on the study of the pharmacological activity and heavy metal content of water hyacinth in Lake Cipondoh, Tangerang. Fresh water hyacinth was pre-treated through oven-drying and milling process. After that, each part of the plant was macerated by using multiple extraction method with 96% ethanol/water and three variations of sample-to-solvent ratios (1:30, 1:50, and 1:75 w/v). The result of the experiment showed thatwater hyacinth leaves produced an extract with lowest IC 50 (55.76 ± 6.73 ppm) compared toother parts. The most optimum solvent used to achieve this result was 96% ethanol/water (1:1 v/v). In order to obtain the lowest antioxidant activity, the sample to solvent ratio used was 1:50 and the heavy metal in the extract was very low. With this result, it was concluded that there is a promising opportunity to apply the water hyacinth growing in Lake Cipondoh, Tangerang as herbal medicine ingredient. Through this utilization, the overall number of water hyacinth in Indonesia can be reduced or at the least be controlled, so that the environmental problem caused by this plant can be minimized.

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