Heavy metals (HM) toxicity is becoming a major threat to living organisms in recent years
due to the increase in population and anthropogenic activities. Lead (Pb) shares about 10 …

Blackberries and raspberries, commonly known as Rubus berries, are commercially grown
worldwide across different climates. Rubus berries contain wide array of phytochemicals …

Blackberry fruit is rich in anthocyanins, showing incomparable nutritional and health value.
Anthocyanins are flavonoids that are downstream products of the flavonoid biosynthesis …

Understanding the spatial distribution of soil lead concentration in peri-urban soil and its
underlying mechanism is critical to controlling lead contamination, ensuring food safety, and …

Annually resolved tree rings enable us to distinguish past pollution and climate change
effects on chronic tree decline, which affects significant areas around the world. The aim of …

Fruits have relevant usefulness in the elaboration of nutraceutical compositions and, as it is
considered a “natural medicine”, its market has been growing exponentially each year …

Blackberry shrubs are economically important for their production of small, pulped fruits. This
species has attracted much attention because of the unique flavor of its fruits and their rich …

Heavy metals transported by rivers are deposited in sediments and floodplains, and
floodplain soils act as both sinks and sources of these metals. The Innerste River is …

We studied heavy metal levels in floodplain soils of the Innerste River in northern Germany
and in the leaves of wild blackberries (Rubus fruticosus L. agg.) growing within and in …

Blackberries are important economic fruits, and they not only have a distinctive flavor but are
also rich in nutritional and medicinal value. With the aim of elucidating the effects of different …