Accumulation of chromium in plants and its repercussion in animals and humans

RT Kapoor, MFB Mfarrej, P Alam, J Rinklebe… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The untreated effluents released from industrial operations have adverse impacts on human
health, environment and socio-economic aspects. Environmental pollution due to chromium …

Efficacy of metallic nanoparticles in attenuating the accumulation and toxicity of chromium in plants: current knowledge and future perspectives

Z Ulhassan, I Khan, M Hussain, AR Khan, Y Hamid… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles have emerged as cutting-edge technology for the improvement of crops yield
and safe cultivation of agricultural plants, especially in peripheral areas impaired with toxic …

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles potentially regulate the mechanism (s) for photosynthetic attributes, genotoxicity, antioxidants defense machinery, and phytochelatins …

D Kumar, OP Dhankher, RD Tripathi, CS Seth - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (VI) is one of the hazardous heavy metal, heavily discharged into the soil and
severely hampers the plants yield. The TiO 2 NPs was selected due to its potential to …

Anthocyanin synthesis is critical for melatonin-induced chromium stress tolerance in tomato

S Sun, A Liu, Z Li, T Guo, S Chen… - Journal of hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is a toxic heavy metal for both animals and plants. The multifunctional
signaling molecule melatonin can confer plant tolerance to heavy metal stress, but the …

Selenium in soil-plant system: Transport, detoxification and bioremediation

L Qu, J Xu, Z Dai, AM Elyamine, W Huang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient for humans and a beneficial element for plants.
However, high Se doses always exhibit hazardous effects. Recently, Se toxicity in plant-soil …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-induced tolerance to chromium stress in plants

GJ Ahammed, R Shamsy, A Liu, S Chen - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is one of the toxic elements that harms all forms of life, including plants.
Industrial discharges and mining largely contribute to Cr release into the soil environment …

Modified and pristine biochars for remediation of chromium contamination in soil and aquatic systems

A El-Naggar, A Mosa, N Ahmed, NK Niazi, B Yousaf… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) contamination in soil and water poses high toxicity risks to organisms and
threatens food and water security worldwide. Biochar has emerged as a promising material …

Electron donation of Fe-Mn biochar for chromium (VI) immobilization: Key roles of embedded zero-valent iron clusters within iron-manganese oxide

Z Xu, M Sun, X Xu, X Cao, JA Ippolito… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The dense surface passivation layer on zero-valent iron (ZVI) restricts its efficiency for water
decontamination, causing a poor economy and waste of resources. Herein, we found that …

Chromium toxicity induced oxidative damage in two rice cultivars and its mitigation through external supplementation of brassinosteroids and spermine

F Basit, JA Bhat, Z Dong, Q Mou, X Zhu, Y Wang, J Hu… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The chromium (Cr) induced phytotoxicity avowed the scientific community to develop stress
mitigation strategies to restrain the Cr accumulation inside the food chain. Whereas …

Natural source of Cr (VI) in soil: The anoxic oxidation of Cr (III) by Mn oxides

M Ao, S Sun, T Deng, F Zhang, T Liu, Y Tang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cr (VI) from oxidation of geogenic Cr (III) minerals is gradually becoming the primary source
of Cr (VI) in soils and groundwater instead of direct emissions. Thermodynamically, natural …