Phytoremediation technologies and their mechanism for removal of heavy metal from contaminated soil: An approach for a sustainable environment

JK Sharma, N Kumar, NP Singh… - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The contamination of soils with heavy metals and its associated hazardous effects are a
thrust area of today's research. Rapid industrialization, emissions from automobiles …

Phytoremediation: a sustainable environmental technology for heavy metals decontamination

B Nedjimi - SN Applied Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Toxic metal contamination of soil is a major environmental hazard. Chemical methods for
heavy metal's (HMs) decontamination such as heat treatment, electroremediation, soil …

Phytoremediation: Environmentally sustainable way for reclamation of heavy metal polluted soils

S Ashraf, Q Ali, ZA Zahir, S Ashraf… - … and environmental safety, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil contamination with toxic metals is a widespread environmental issue resulting from
global industrialization within the past few years. Therefore, decontamination of heavy metal …

Phytoextraction of heavy metals: a promising tool for clean-up of polluted environment?

J Suman, O Uhlik, J Viktorova, T Macek - Frontiers in plant science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Pollution by heavy metals (HM) represents a serious threat for both the environment and
human health. Due to their elemental character, HM cannot be chemically degraded, and …

Heavy metals and soil microbes

N Abdu, AA Abdullahi, A Abdulkadir - Environmental chemistry letters, 2017 - Springer
Heavy metal pollution is a global issue due to health risks associated with metal
contamination. Although many metals are essential for life, they can be harmful to man …

Remediation of mercury contaminated sites–a review

J Wang, X Feng, CWN Anderson, Y Xing… - Journal of hazardous …, 2012 - Elsevier
Environmental contamination caused by mercury is a serious problem worldwide. Coal
combustion, mercury and gold mining activities and industrial activities have led to an …

Approaches for enhanced phytoextraction of heavy metals

A Bhargava, FF Carmona, M Bhargava… - Journal of environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
The contamination of the environment with toxic metals has become a worldwide problem.
Metal toxicity affects crop yields, soil biomass and fertility. Soils polluted with heavy metals …

[HTML][HTML] Mobility and bioavailability of heavy metals and metalloids in soil environments

A Violante, V Cozzolino, L Perelomov… - Journal of soil science …, 2010 - SciELO Chile
In soil environments, sorption/desorption reactions as well as chemical complexation with
inorganic and organic ligands and redox reactions, both biotic and abiotic, are of great …

[HTML][HTML] Phytostabilization and rhizofiltration of toxic heavy metals by heavy metal accumulator plants for sustainable management of contaminated industrial sites: A …

P Bakshe, R Jugade - Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
The urban environment is a source and a carrier of heavy metals due to industrial waste.
The establishment of industries and the emission of contaminants are not real problems; the …

The biochemistry of environmental heavy metal uptake by plants: implications for the food chain

JR Peralta-Videa, ML Lopez, M Narayan… - The international journal …, 2009 - Elsevier
Plants absorb a number of elements from soil, some of which have no known biological
function and some are known to be toxic at low concentrations. As plants constitute the …