Accelerating heavy metal pollution is a hot issue due to a continuous growth in consumerism
and increased activities in various global industries. Soil contamination with heavy metals …

The paper provides a comprehensive examination of heavy metal stress on medicinal
plants, focusing on its impact on antioxidant capacity and biosynthetic pathways critical to …

Heavy metals (HMs) are natural components of the Earth's crust and are usually present in
all environmental matrices. However, the concentration of several HMs has increased …

One of the most important kinds of environmental contaminates is heavy metals pollution.
Plants which are exposing to high metal concentrations illustrate down regulated growth and …

Highlights•Heavy metals uptake and translocation by medicinal plants depends on various
factors.•Heavy metals act as abiotic elicitor in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.•Status …

Heavy metal accumulation in soil and water from natural sources or anthropogenic activities
have produced severe environmental contamination in some parts of the world due to the …

Soil heavy metal contamination is a widespread phenomenon that occurs naturally or as a
result of anthropogenic activities such as mining, smelting, fossil fuel combustion and …

Food security is a high-priority issue for sustainable global development both quantitatively
and qualitatively. In recent decades, adverse effects of unexpected contaminants on crop …

Simple Summary Despite its high organic matter content, sewage sludge contains significant
quantities of heavy metals, including those designated as hazardous, such as cadmium …

This review emphasizes the role of toxic metal remediation approaches due to their broad
sustainability and applicability. The rapid developmental processes can incorporate a large …