| African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology |
Dear Colleague,
We received a manuscript titled: Heavy Metal Contents in Plants Growing in Crude Oil Contaminated Soil in Akwa Ibom State, Southeastern Nigeria
Please find the abstract below:
Abstract
A field study was conducted to assess heavy metal contents in plants growing in crude oil contaminated soil in Akwa Ibom State. Plant samples obtained from polluted and unpolluted (control) sites were digested and analysed for Mn, Fe, Li, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr, Pb, Co, V, Mo, Hg and Se. The test plants were Dissotis erecta (DE), Urena lobata (UL), Selaginnela nyosurus (SN), Diodia scandens (DS) and Pityrogramma calomelanos (PC). Considerable amount of Mn and Fe were found to accumulate in all the plants studied in the contaminated soil while other elements assessed were obtained in trace amount. The order of bioacculation of trace metals were Mn > Fe > Zn > Li > Co > Pb > Mo > Cd > V = Hg > Cu = Se > Cr while the plants accumulate the highest amount of trace metals we found to be in the order: DE > UL > SN > DS > PC indicating that DE and UL plants can be used for remediation of contaminated soils. The result of the correlation analysis showed positive relationships among trace metals in both contaminated and uncontaminated soils. Results also imply that consuming plants growing in the vicinity of oil spills may pose a health risk to human and animals.
Keywords: Crude oil, contamination, heavy metal, phytoremediation, Nigeria.
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Best regards
KEHE RUAN
EDITOR
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