Soil heavy metals contamination and health risk of an endemic plant in southeast of Damavand Mt., Iran.

ABSTRACT: Considering the toxicological effects of some heavy metals (HMs) in which directly related to mortality and carcinogenicity in the population by their entrance from plants through livestock grazing, and medical skin cream, the rehabilitation of contaminated sites through phytoremediation by native plants might be quite challenging. Diplotaenia damavandica Mozaff. ex-Hedge & Lamond, is used as medical skin creams due to the existence of specific ingredients, which can be effective in treating skin disease. In the present study, the plant and associated soil sampling were performed around the boundary of D. damavandica. The concentration was measured using the Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The results revealed the effect of existing endemic plants on reducing the ave

SUBMITTER: Naeimi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11377443 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature