Heavy Metal Accumulation in Goosefoot (Chenopodium album L.) Irrigated With Wastewater
Wastewater sources contain enormous amounts of nutrients for plant growth. This study aimed to define the metal accumulation in the goosefoot plant (Chenopodium album L.) of wastewater use in agricultural irrigation and to evaluate the risks of this accumulation to human health. The present research...
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| author | Ilker Ugulu Zafar Iqbal Khan Sidrah Rehman Kafeel Ahmad Khalid Nawaz Mudasra Munir Humayun Bashir |
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| description | Wastewater sources contain enormous amounts of nutrients for plant growth. This study aimed to define the metal accumulation in the goosefoot plant (Chenopodium album L.) of wastewater use in agricultural irrigation and to evaluate the risks of this accumulation to human health. The present research was performed in field conditions in Khushab, Pakistan. The Cd, Cu, Cr, Fe, Zn, Ni, and Mn concentrations were determined with the analysis performed using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer-AAS. Heavy metal concentrations in goosefoot samples irrigated with groundwater (GWI), canal water (CWI) and sugar mill water (MWI) ranged from 0.84 to 1.08, 0.55 to 0.78, 0.23 to 0.70, 2.09 to 5.56, 2.84 to 13.53, 0.53 to 1.13 and 0.32 to 0.39 mg/kg for Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Zn, and Mn, respectively. According to the statistical analyses, wastewater applications had a non-significant effect on Cr, Cu, and Zn concentrations in C. album samples collected from three sites, and a significant effect on Cd, Fe, Mn, and Ni concentrations (p>0.05). The results also showed that the health risk index value of cadmium was higher than 1. According to these results, long-term consumption of C. album samples grown in the study area may cause an accumulation of Cd in the human body and diseases in many tissues and organs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b15ab8699d054c928d03d581ba484fc62023-01-03T05:29:05ZengNational Centre of Excellence in Analytical ChemsitryPakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry1996-918X2221-52552022-12-0123222523610.21743/pjaec/2022.12.05Heavy Metal Accumulation in Goosefoot (Chenopodium album L.) Irrigated With WastewaterIlker Ugulu0Zafar Iqbal Khan1Sidrah Rehman2Kafeel Ahmad3Khalid Nawaz4Mudasra Munir5Humayun Bashir6Faculty of Education, Usak University, Usak, Turkey.Department of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.Department of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.Department of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.Department of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.Department of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.Department of Botany, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan.Wastewater sources contain enormous amounts of nutrients for plant growth. This study aimed to define the metal accumulation in the goosefoot plant (Chenopodium album L.) of wastewater use in agricultural irrigation and to evaluate the risks of this accumulation to human health. The present research was performed in field conditions in Khushab, Pakistan. The Cd, Cu, Cr, Fe, Zn, Ni, and Mn concentrations were determined with the analysis performed using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer-AAS. Heavy metal concentrations in goosefoot samples irrigated with groundwater (GWI), canal water (CWI) and sugar mill water (MWI) ranged from 0.84 to 1.08, 0.55 to 0.78, 0.23 to 0.70, 2.09 to 5.56, 2.84 to 13.53, 0.53 to 1.13 and 0.32 to 0.39 mg/kg for Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Zn, and Mn, respectively. According to the statistical analyses, wastewater applications had a non-significant effect on Cr, Cu, and Zn concentrations in C. album samples collected from three sites, and a significant effect on Cd, Fe, Mn, and Ni concentrations (p>0.05). The results also showed that the health risk index value of cadmium was higher than 1. According to these results, long-term consumption of C. album samples grown in the study area may cause an accumulation of Cd in the human body and diseases in many tissues and organs.http://www.pjaec.pk/index.php/pjaec/article/view/707biomonitoringgoosefootvegetabletrace metal |
| spellingShingle | Ilker Ugulu Zafar Iqbal Khan Sidrah Rehman Kafeel Ahmad Khalid Nawaz Mudasra Munir Humayun Bashir Heavy Metal Accumulation in Goosefoot (Chenopodium album L.) Irrigated With Wastewater Pakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry biomonitoring goosefoot vegetable trace metal |
| title | Heavy Metal Accumulation in Goosefoot (Chenopodium album L.) Irrigated With Wastewater |
| title_full | Heavy Metal Accumulation in Goosefoot (Chenopodium album L.) Irrigated With Wastewater |
| title_fullStr | Heavy Metal Accumulation in Goosefoot (Chenopodium album L.) Irrigated With Wastewater |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heavy Metal Accumulation in Goosefoot (Chenopodium album L.) Irrigated With Wastewater |
| title_short | Heavy Metal Accumulation in Goosefoot (Chenopodium album L.) Irrigated With Wastewater |
| title_sort | heavy metal accumulation in goosefoot chenopodium album l irrigated with wastewater |
| topic | biomonitoring goosefoot vegetable trace metal |
| url | http://www.pjaec.pk/index.php/pjaec/article/view/707 |
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