Potential risk of arsenic and antimony accumulation by medicinal plants naturally growing on old mining sites

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Vaculík, Marek ^a   Jurkovič, L'ubomír ^a   Matejkovič, Peter ^a   Molnárová, Marianna ^a   Lux, Alexander ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antimony (Sb); Arsenic (As); Bioavailability; Health risk; Medicinal plants; Soil extractions

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH RISKS; SOILS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; DISTILLED WATER; HAZARDOUS ELEMENTS; MEDICINAL PLANTS; POTENTIAL RISKS; SOIL CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL EXTRACTION; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC;

ABANDONED MINE; ANTIMONY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDELION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRAGARIA VESCA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINING; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PLANTAGO MAJOR; PLANTAGO MEDIA; PRIMULA ELATIOR; SHOOT GROWTH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TUSSILAGO FARFARO; VERONICA OFFICINALIS;

SLOVAKIA;

FRAGARIA VESCA; PLANTAGO MAJOR; PLANTAGO MEDIA; PRIMULA ELATIOR; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TUSSILAGO FARFARA; VERONICA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84875689377     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1546-9     Document Type: Article

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