Evaluating the accumulation of arsenic in maize (Zea mays L.) plants from its growing media by cloud point extraction

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3051-3057

  Baig, Jameel Ahmad ^a,b   Kazi, Tasneem Gul ^a   Shah, Abdul Qadir ^a   Arain, Mohammad Balal ^a   Afridi, Hassan Imran ^a   Khan, Sumaira ^a   Kandhro, Ghulam Abbas ^a   Naeemullah, ^a   Soomro, Abdul Sattar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

^b Young Welfare Society   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cloud point extraction; Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry; Maize

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC ACID; TRITON X 114;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAIN; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT ROOT; SHOOT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARSENICALS; DETERGENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PLANT STRUCTURES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SOIL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77957329124     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.07.043     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. Abedin M.J., Cresser M.S., Meharg A.A., Feldmann J., Cotter-Howells J. Arsenic accumulation and metabolism in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Environ. Sci. Technol. 2002, 36:962-968.
2. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR, 2005). CERCLA Priority List of Hazardous Substances. GA, US Department of Health and Human Services. <>http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov.
3. An Y.J. Soil ecotoxicity assessment using cadmium sensitive plants. Environ. Pollut. 2004, 127:21-26.
4. Arain M.B., Kazi T.G., Baig J.A., Jamali M.K., Afridi H.I., Shah A.Q., Jalbani N., Sarfraz R.A. Determination of arsenic levels in lake water, sediment, and foodstuff from selected area of Sindh, Pakistan: estimation of daily dietary intake. Food Chem. Toxicol. 2009, 47:242-248.
5. Baig J.A., Kazi T.G., Shah A.Q., Arain M.B., Afridi H.I., Kandhro G.A., Khan S. Optimization of cloud point extraction and solid phase extraction methods for speciation of arsenic in natural water using multivariate technique. Anal. Chim. Acta 2009, 651:57-63.
6. Baig J.A., Kazi T.G., Arain M.B., Afridi H.I., Kandhro G.A., Sarfraz R.A., Jamali M.K., Shah A.Q. Evaluation of arsenic and other physico-chemical parameters of surface and ground water of Jamshoro, Pakistan. J. Hazard. Mater. 2009, 166:662-669.
7. Baig J.A., Kazi T.G., Arain M.B., Shah A.Q., Afridi H.I., Kandhro G.A., Jamali M.K., Khan S. Arsenic fractionation in sediments of different origins using BCR sequential and single extraction methods. J. Hazard. Mater. 2009, 167:745-751.
8. Baig J.A., Kazi T.G., Shah A.Q., Kandhro G.A., Afridi H.I., Arain M.B., Jamali M.K., Jalbani N. Speciation and evaluation of arsenic in surface and ground water samples: a multivariate case study. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety 2010, 73:914-923.
9. Baig J.A., Kazi T.G., Shah A.Q., Afridi H.I., Kandhro G.A., Khan S. Bio-sorption studies on powder of stem of Acacia nilotica: removal of arsenic from surface water. J. Hazard. Mater. 2010, 178:941-948.
10. Baker A.J.M. Accumulators and excluders: strategies in the response of plants to heavy metals. J. Plant Nutr. 1981, 3:643-654.
11. Boutakhrit K., Claus R., Bolle F., Degroodt J.M., Goeyens L. Open digestion under reflux for the determination of total arsenic in seafood by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry with hydride generation. Talanta 2005, 66:1042-1047.
12. Manual for Soil and Water Analysis 1996, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. P. Buurman, B. van Lagen, E.J. Velthorst (Eds.).
13. Cava-Montesinos P., Cervera M.L., Pastor A., de la Guardia M. Determination of arsenic and antimony in milk by hydride generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry. Talanta 2003, 60:787-799.
14. Chamberlain A.C. Fallout of lead and uptake by crops. Atmos. Environ. 1981, 17:693-706.
15. Cheng F.M., Zhao N.C., Xu H.M., Li Y., Zhang W.F., Zhu Z.W., Chen M.X. Cadmium and lead contamination in japonica rice grains and its variation among the different locations in southeast China. Sci. Total Environ. 2006, 359:156-166.
16. da Silva M.A.M., Frescura V.L.A., Curtius A.J. Determination of trace elements in water samples by ultrasonic nebulization inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry after cloud point extraction. Spectrochim. Acta Part B 2000, 55:803-813.
17. Das H.K., Mitra A.K., Sengupta P.K., Hossain A., Islam F., Rabbani G.H. Arsenic concentrations in rice, vegetables, and fish in Bangladesh: a preliminary study. Environ. Int. 2004, 30:383-387.
18. Daveiga M.A.M.S., Frescura V.L.A., Welz B.A., Curtius J. Cloud point for the determination of Cd, Pb and Pd in blood by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry, using Ir or Ru as permanent modifiers. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 2003, 18:501-507.
19. Dias, L.F., Saint'Pierre, T.D., Maia, S.M., Mesquita da Silva, M.A., Frescura, V.L.A., Welz, B., Curtius, A.J., 2002. Determination of arsenic, lead, selenium and tin in sediments by slurry sampling electrothermal vaporization inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry using Ru as permanent modifier and NaCl as a carrier. pp. 2003-2015.
20. Elçi L., Divrikli U., Soylak M. Inorganic arsenic speciation in various water samples with GF-AAS using coprecipitation. Int. J. Environ. Anal. Chem. 2008, 88:711-723.
21. Ghaedi M., Shokrollahi A., Ahmadi F., Rajabi H.R., Soylak M. Cloud point extraction for the determination of copper, nickel and cobalt ions in environmental samples by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. J. Hazard. Mater. 2008, 150:533-540.
22. Ghaedi M., Shokrollahi A., Niknam K., Niknam E., Soylak M. Development of efficient method for preconcentration and determination of copper, nickel, zinc and iron ions in environmental samples by combination of cloud point extraction and flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Cent. Eur. J. Chem. 2009, 7:148-154.
23. Ghaedi M., Shokrollahi A., Niknam K., Soylak M. Cloud point extraction of copper, zinc, iron and nickel in biological and environmental samples by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Sep. Sci. Technol. 2009, 44:773-786.
24. International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) Environmental Health Criteria 224: Arsenic and Arsenic Compounds 2001, World Health Organization, Geneva.
25. Jamali M.K., Kazi T.G., Arain M.B., Afridi H.I., Jalbani N., Adil R.S. The correlation of total and extractable heavymetals fromsoil and domestic sewage sludge and their transfer to maize (Zea mays L.) plants. Toxicol. Environ. Chem. 2006, 88:619-632.
26. Jamali M.K., Kazi T.G., Afridi H.I., Arain M.B., Jalbani N., Memom A.R. Speciation of heavy metals in untreated domestic wastewater sludge by time saving BCR sequential extraction method. J Environ Sci Health A 2007, 42:649-659.
27. Jamali M.K., Kazi T.G., Arain M.B., Afridi H.I., Jalbani N., Sarfraz R.A., Baig J.A. A multivariate study: variation in uptake of trace and toxic elements by various varieties of Sorghum bicolor L. J. Hazard. Mater. 2008, 158:644-651.
28. Jiang Y., Wu Y., Liu J., Xia X., Wang D. Ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate-modified activated carbon micro-column extraction for the determination of As (III) in water by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. Microchim. Acta 2008, 161:137-142.
29. Kazi T.G., Arain M.B., Baig J.A., Jamali M.K., Afridi H.I., Jalbani N., Sarfraz R.A., Shah A.Q., Niaz A. The correlation of arsenic levels in drinking water with the biological samples of skin disorders. Sci. Total Environ. 2009, 407:1019-1026.
30. Kazi T.G., Khan S., Baig J.A., Kolachi N.F., Afridi H.I., Shah A.Q. Determination of trace quantity of aluminum in dialysate concentrates using solid phase and cloud point extraction methods. Anal. Methods 2010, 2:558-563.
31. Khan S., Kazi T.G., Baig J.A., Afridi H.I., Kolachi N.F., Wadhwa S.K., Shah A.Q. Separation and preconcentration of trace amounts of Aluminum ions in surface water samples using spectroscopic techniques. Talanta 2009, 80:158-162.
32. Manzoori J.L., Bavili-Tabrizi A. The application of cloud point preconcentration for the determination of Cu in real samples by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Microchem. J. 2002, 72:1-7.
33. McLaughlin M.J., Zarcinas B.A., Stevens D.P., Cook N. Soil testing for heavy metals. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 2000, 31:1661-1700.
34. Meharg A., Hartley-Whitaker J. Arsenic hyper accumulation by different Fern species. New Phytol. 2002, 154:27-31.
35. Mingorance M.D., Valdés B., Rossini Oliva S. Distribución de metales en suelos y plantas que crecen en un área sujeta a emisiones industriales. Abstracts of 6th Iberian and 3rd Iberoamerican Congress of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Cádiz 2005, 41. Encuadernaciones Martínez, Puerto Real, Spain.
36. Morita Y., Kobayashi T., Kuroiwa T., Narukawa T. Study on simultaneous speciation of arsenic and antimony by HPLC-ICP-MS. Talanta 2007, 73:81-86.
37. Organization for Economic Co-operation, Development (OECD) Guideline for Testing of Chemicals 208, Terrestrial Plant Test: Seedling Emergence and Seedling Growth Test 2003, OECD, Paris.
38. Pedro R.A., Raúl A.G., Susana M., Irma D.Vi., Luis D.M. Cloud point extraction for ultra-trace Cd determination in microwave-digested biological samples by ETAAS. Talanta 2008, 77:663-666.
39. Requejo R., Tena M. Maize response to acute arsenic toxicity as revealed by proteome analysis of plant shoots. Proteomics 2006, 6:S156-S162.
40. Rodriguez R.R., Basta N.T., Casteel S.W., Armstrong F.P., Ward D.C. Chemical extraction methods to assess bioavailable arsenic in soil and solid media. J. Environ. Qual. 2003, 32:876-884.
41. Scaccia S., Frangini S. Sensitive assay for oxygen solubility in molten alkali metal carbonates by indirect flame atomic absorption spectrometric Cr (VI) determination. Talanta 2004, 64:791-797.
42. Shah A.Q., Kazi T.G., Baig J.A., Afridi H.I., Kandhro G.A., Arain M.B., Kolachi N.F., Wadhwa S.K. Total mercury determination in different tissues of broiler chicken by using cloud point extraction and cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry. Food Chem.Toxicol. 2010, 48:65-69.
43. 5+) in muscle tissues of fish species by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS). Food Chem. 2010, 119:840-844.
44. Shemirani F., Baghdadi M., Ramezani M. Preconcentration and determination of ultra trace amounts of arsenic (III) and arsenic (V) in tap water and total arsenic in biological samples by cloud point extraction and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. Talanta 2005, 65:882-887.
45. Silva M.F., Cerutti E.S., Martinez L.D. Coupling cloud point extraction to instrumental detection systems for metal analysis. Microchim. Acta 2006, 155:349-354.
46. Singh A.K. Chemistry of arsenic in groundwater of Ganges-Brahmaputra river basin. Curr. Sci. 2006, 91:599-606.
47. Smedley P.L., Kinniburgh D.G. A review of the source, behavior and distribution of arsenic in natural waters. Appl. Geochem. 2002, 17:517-568.
48. Smedley P.L., Nicolli H.B., Macdonald D.M.J., Barros A.J., Tullio J.O. Hydrogeochemistry of arsenic and other inorganic constituents, in groundwaters from La Pampa Argentina. Appl. Geochem. 2002, 7:259-284.
49. Soltner D. Les bases de la production vegetales. Tome 1: le sol etson amelioration 1988, Collection sciences et techniques agricoles, Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire. 22ieme ed.
50. Stalikas C.D. Micelle-mediated extraction as a tool for separation and preconcentration in metal analysis. Trends Anal. Chem. 2002, 21:343-355.
51. Tang A.N., Ding G.S., Yan X.P. Cloud point extraction for the determination of As (III) in water samples by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. Talanta 2005, 67:942-946.
52. Tuzen M., Citak D., Mendil D., Soylak M. Arsenic speciation in natural water samples by coprecipitation hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry combination. Talanta 2009, 78:52-56.
53. Tuzen M., Sari A., Mendil D., Uluozlu O.D., Soylak M., Dogan M. Characterization of biosorption process of As (III) on green algae Ulotrix cylindricum biomass. J. Hazard. Mater. 2009, 165:566-572.
54. Tuzen M., Saygi K.O., Karaman I., Soylak M. Selective speciation and determination of inorganic arsenic in water, food and biological samples. Food Chem. Toxicol. 2010, 48:41-46.
55. Uluozlu O.D., Tuzen M., Mendil D., Soylak M. Determination of As (III) and As (V) species in some natural water and food samples by solid-phase extraction on Streptococcus pyogenes immobilized on Sepabeads SP 70 and hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry. Food Chem. Toxicol. 2010, 48:1393-1398.
56. United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Ecological Effects Test Guidelines, OPPTS 850.4200: Seed Germination/Root Elongation Toxicity Test 1996, OPPTS, Washington, DC.
57. Zhang Q., Minami H., Inoue S., Atsuya I. Differential determination of trace amounts of arsenic (III) and arsenic (V) in seawater by solid sampling atomic absorption spectrometry after preconcentration by coprecipitation with a nickel-pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate complex. Anal. Chim. Acta 2004, 508:99-105.
58. Zhang L., Morita Y., Sakuragawa A., Isozaki A. Inorganic speciation of As (III, V), Se (IV, VI) and Sb (III, V) in natural water with GF-AAS using solid phase extraction technology. Talanta 2007, 72:723-729.