Mercury speciation in selenium enriched wheat plants hydroponically exposed to mercury pollution.

ABSTRACT: Mercury (Hg) pollution in agricultural soils and its potential pathway to the human food chain can pose a serious health concern. Understanding the pathway of Hg in plants and how the speciation may change upon interaction with other elements used for biofortification can be critical to assess the real implications for the final plant-based product. In that respect, selenium (Se) biofortification of crops grown in Se-poor soil regions is becoming a common practice to overcome Se deficient diets. Therefore, it is important to assess the interplay between these two elements since Se may form complexes with Hg reducing its bioavailability and toxicity. In this work, the speciation of Hg in wheat plants grown hydroponically under the presence of Hg (HgCl₂) and biofortified with Se (

SUBMITTER: Manivannan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10689832 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature