Trace elements (TEs) are deposited to soils mainly due to anthropogenic activities and pose
a significant threat to human health. In this review we aimed at (a) discussing the …

Nickel even though recognized as a trace element, its metabolism is very decisive for certain
enzyme activities, maintaining proper cellular redox state and various other biochemical …

From the perspective of a chemist, biology confers a rich variety of roles on a number of
metal ions. It is widely agreed that a large fraction of the genomic output of living things …

Iron deficiency is a major human nutritional problem wherever plant-based diets are
common. Using synchrotron x-ray fluorescence microtomography to directly visualize iron in …

Understanding the distribution of elements within plant tissues is important across a range of
fields in plant science. In this review, we examine synchrotron-based x-ray fluorescence …

Rice (Oryza sativa) is the staple food for over half the world's population yet may represent a
significant dietary source of inorganic arsenic (As), a nonthreshold, class 1 human …

Synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence (S-XRF) was utilized to locate arsenic (As) in
polished (white) and unpolished (brown) rice grains from the United States, China, and …

Some plants hyperaccumulate metals or metalloids to levels several orders of magnitude
higher than other species. This intriguing phenomenon has received considerable attention …

Spectroscopic approaches to plant and soil sciences have provided important information
for several decades. However, many of these approaches suffered from a number of …

Contents Summary 432 I. Introduction 433 II. Preparation of plant samples for X‐ray micro‐
analysis 433 III. X‐ray elemental mapping techniques 438 IV. X‐ray data analysis 442 V …