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Total and inorganic arsenic contents in seaweeds: Absorption, accumulation, transformation and toxicity
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Arsenic metabolism in macroalgae has gained considerable interest because it controls the risk of arsenic contamination in algal products. This article reviews the total and inorganic arsenic contents in seaweeds, including 92 (red), 154 (brown) and 36 (green) species belonging to Rhodophyta, Phaeophyta and Chlorophyta, respectively. All the data collected from the published seaweeds support the conclusion that the total and inorganic arsenic contents in seaweeds are category-dependent, with species from Phaeophyta having the highest and those from Chlorophyta having the lowest. Total arsenic contents in the top 10 species of Phaeophyta are all over 100 mg kg⁻¹ DW, but those in the top 7 species of Rhodophyta and the top 3 species of Chlorophyta vary from 20 to 50 mg kg⁻¹ DW and 10 to 15 mg kg⁻¹ DW, respectively. The average total and inorganic arsenic contents in species of Phaeophyta are significantly (P < .05) higher than those in species belonging to Rhodophyta and Chlorophyta. Furthermore, Phaeophyta also contain a much higher percentage of inorganic arsenic with respect to total arsenic than either Rhodophyta or Chlorophyta. In addition, this article also reviews the effects of environmental factors on the absorption, bioaccumulation and biotransformation of arsenic species in seaweeds.
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“Seaweeds and microalgal species growing in polluted waters, especially those near industrial zones, mining areas, poorly managed sewage systems, or regions exposed to natural geological activity, can accumulate significant concentrations of toxic metals such as arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, and aluminum [219,220].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ma, Z., Lin, L., Wu, M., Yu, H., Shang, T., Zhang, T., & Zhao, M.
- Affiliations
- Wenzhou University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Zhao, Min
- Venue
- Aquaculture
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-12
- Volume
- 497
- Pages
- 49-55
- ISSN
- 0044-8486 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2883012661
- Cited by
- 120
- References
- 113
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 13
- FWCI
- 5.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Aquaculture (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation (31370381, 31570364, 31470430)
- Project of Science and Technology Department (2015C33246)
- Key Laboratory of East China Sea & Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, P. R. China (2015 K03)
- Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry (LMEB201706)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Analytical Chemistry › Heavy Metals in Plants
- Keywords
- arsenic, seaweed, inorganic arsenic, total arsenic, brown algae, red algae, Chlorophyta, arsenic bioaccumulation, arsenic biotransformation, arsenic uptake, arsenic toxicity, algal products, environmental factors
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