Bio-accumulation of essential and heavy metals in plant food : Multi-elements characterization of plant food

ISBN-13: 9786202071482 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 68 str.

Biljana Balabanova; Trajce Stafilov

Opis

The contamination of soils due to the presence of toxic metals can result in serious negative consequences, such as damage of ecosystems and of agricultural productivity, deterioration of food chain and serious human and animal health problems. The impact of soil pollution (due to urban and mining areas) on the food chain presents a challenge for many investigations. Availability of essential and potentially toxic metals in polluted soil and their possible transfer in various plant foods were examined. Several plant food species were examined from polluted and referent (unpolluted) areas: sorrel (Rumex acetosa), spinach (Spinacia oleracea) and common nettle (Urtica dioica) were used as self-growing plant food; garlic (Allium sativum), onion (Allium cepa) and parsley (Petroselinum crispum) were used as cultivated plant food (vegetable species). Atomic emission spectroscopy with inductively coupled plasma was used for determination of the 21 elements content.

O autorze

Dr. Biljana Balabanova was born in 1982 in Macedonia. She has obtained her PhD degree in Chemistry at Ss."Cyril and Methodius", Skopje, in 2014. Currently she is working as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of Agriculture, "Goce Delcev" University- Shtip, Republic of Macedonia.