The aim of our study is to determine the hyperaccumulatory properties by examining heavy metal accumulation (Co, Ni, Fe) in endemic Anchusa leptophlla subsp. tomentosa, Alyssum pateri pateri, Glaucium acutidentatum and non Erysimum uncinatifolium species collected from a copper mining area Elazığ Maden district. All are hyperaccumulator according their Bioconcentration Factor (BCF) values Co el...

Methods were developed to assess uptake and elimination kinetics in Gammarus pulex of nine pharmaceuticals (sulfamethazine, carbamazepine, diazepam, temazepam, trimethoprim, warfarin, metoprolol, nifedipine and propranolol) using targeted LC-MS/MS to determine bioconcentration factors (BCFs) using a 96 h toxicokinetic exposure and depuration period. The derived BCFs for these pharmaceuticals di...

Effective biomonitoring strategies are essential for identifying and assessing the sources levels of contamination heavy metal pollutants in urban areas, given their negative impacts on human health environment. This study aimed to assess potential common weed, Trifolium pratense as a bioindicator various land uses with focus Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb. The results have shown that Cr Ni had high biocon...

Decorative ornamental plants have been applied as hyperaccumulators/phytoremediators to a wide spectrum of heavy metal contaminants. In this study, pot culture experiments were conducted investigate the Sn tolerance and accumulation in Impatiens balsamina L., Mirabilis jalapa L. Tagetes erecta order assess possibility these three be used phytoremediators Sn-contaminated soil. Results show that ...

Familiar vertebrate wildlife comprise less than five per cent of the animal kingdom. A major proportion of the other thousands of non-insect species are aquatic and will be increasingly exposed to a wide variety of manmade and natural chemicals. Effective management of this toxicant—wildlife complex demands general and simple means for the prediction and estimation of effects and hazards. Direc...