Toxic Elements in Different Medicinal Plants and the Impact on Human Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017 Local medicinal plants from Madina, Saudi Arabia, are used to cure various diseases. However, some can cause adverse health effects. Five different medicinal plants were collected in the city of Madina: mahareeb (Cymbopogon), sheeh (Artemisia), harjal ...
Eid I. Brima
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Ancient Science of Life, 2015 Ayurveda involves the use of drugs obtained from plants, animals, and mineral origin. All the three sources of drugs can be divided under poisonous and nonpoisonous category.
Santosh Kumar Maurya +5 more
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Ciência Rural, 2023 : Nerium oleander, also known as “espirradeira” in Brazil, is a shrub or small tree widely used as an ornamental plant in temperate and subtropical regions of the world. Ingestion of N.
Alexia Amanda Zorzan +8 more
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Response of Vicia faba L. to metal toxicity on mine tailing substrate:Geochemical and morphological changes in leaf and root [PDF]
, 2009 Vicia faba L. seeds were grown in a pot experiment on soil, mine tailings, and a mixture of both to mimic field situations in cultivated contaminated areas near mining sites. Metals in the substrates and their translocation in root, stem and leaf tissues
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Chromium Bioaccumulation and Its Impacts on Plants: An Overview
Plants, 2020 Chromium (Cr) is an element naturally occurring in rocky soils and volcanic dust. It has been classified as a carcinogen agent according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Anket Sharma +9 more
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Engineering a catabolic pathway in plants for the degradation of 1,2-dichloroethane [PDF]
, 2008 Plants are increasingly being employed to clean up environmental pollutants such as heavy metals; however, a major limitation of phytoremediation is the inability of plants to mineralize most organic pollutants.
Bruce, Neil C. +7 more
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Development and validation of Triticum phytobiological method as an alternative procedure for investigating in vivo acute toxicity on mice [PDF]
, 2017 The goal of this study was to validate an alternative method for determining in vivo acute toxicity using vegetal material instead of laboratory animals, starting from the phytobiological method known also as the Triticum technique.
Anghel, Adriana +5 more
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ROS Homeostasis in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 Climate change-induced abiotic stress results in crop yield and production losses. These stresses result in changes at the physiological and molecular level that affect the development and growth of the plant.
K. Nadarajah
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Effect of Three Boron Concentrations in Soil on Growth and Physiology in Sweet Cherry Trees
Plants, 2023 Boron (B) is an essential element for plants. B availability depends on the physical and chemical characteristics of the soil and the quality of irrigation water.
Gerardo Arredondo, Claudia Bonomelli
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Cadmium and arsenic affect root development in Oryza sativa L. negatively interacting with auxin [PDF]
, 2018 Cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As), non essential, but toxic, elements for animals and plants are frequently present in paddy fields. Oryza sativa L., a staple food for at least the half of world population, easily absorbs As and Cd by the root, and in this ...
Altamura, M. M. +7 more
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