ASSESSMENT OF PUBLISHED LITERATURE ON THE UPTAKE, ACCUMULATION, AND TRANSLOCATION OF HEAVY-METALS BY VASCULAR PLANTS

Authors
NELLESSEN JE FLETCHER JS
Citation
Je. Nellessen et Js. Fletcher, ASSESSMENT OF PUBLISHED LITERATURE ON THE UPTAKE, ACCUMULATION, AND TRANSLOCATION OF HEAVY-METALS BY VASCULAR PLANTS, Chemosphere, 27(9), 1993, pp. 1669-1680
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Chemosphere → ACNP
ISSN journal
00456535
Volume
27
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1669 - 1680
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(1993)27:9<1669:AOPLOT>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Assessment of published literature compiled in the UTAB Database showe d that copper, zinc, cadmium, lead and nickel were the most heavily st udied metals. The data analysis revealed that a broad spectrum of plan ts (1400 species) have been studied with 54% of all data on wild plant species. The most frequently studied plant species were Zea mays (cor n), Phaseolus vulgaris (bean) and Triticum aestivum (wheat) accounting respectively for 6.0, 5.0 and 3.7 percent of the total records in UTA B.