Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) will be ingested by people through different ways
to threaten their health during play, so the environmental quality of the park directly affects …

Tree leaves and needles are commonly used in biomonitoring as reliable indicators of
environmental pollution to monitor a wide range of mainly airborne contaminants such as …

Vehicular traffic occupies a significant place among the sources of air pollution, due to
population and urban growth that has led to an excessive increase in the vehicle fleet …

This study evaluates the results of the characterization of air pollution in urban green areas
using edible plants. To this purpose, we examined the effect of location (ie, three different …

An attempt was made to ascertain the effect of feeding silkworm, Bombyx mori L. with road
dust polluted mulberry leaves during 2012 spring alone and in combination with sub-lethal …

Mulberry plants belonging to the Morus genus are widely planted across Asia. Almost all
parts of these economically and medically important plants including fruits, root bark, stem …

Under iron-limiting conditions, most prokaryotes, certain fungi and some monocotyledonous
plants are known to produce low molecular weight (often< 1000 Da), high-affinity chelating …

This current study is conducted to determine potential impact of feeding motor vehicle-
related major pollutants, such as Sulphur dioxide, Nitrogen oxides, Carbon monoxide …

In this study, potential of fruit of Morus nigra and Morus alba was evaluated as short-term
biomonitor. Each variety of the fruits was collected from 13 different locations of Islamabad …

Using eight typical parks in Urumqi in Northwest China as the study area, we detected the
content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in park topsoil and 10 common plants in …