Plant mediated detoxification of mercury and lead
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In recent years, the development of efficient green chemistry methods for detoxification of metal poisoning has become a major focus of researchers. They have investigated in order to find an eco-friendly and recyclable technique for the removal of heavy metal (Pb 2+ , Hg 2+ ) contamination from the natural resources. One of the most considered methods is the removal of Pb 2+ , Hg 2+ metal using green plants and their wastes. Among these plant wastes seem to be the best candidates and they are suitable for detoxification of heavy metals. Biosorption by plants involve complex mechanisms, mainly ion exchange, chelation, adsorption by physical forces and ion entrapment in inter and intra fibrillar capillaries and spaces of the structural polysaccharide cell wall network. The advantages of using green plants and their wastes for detoxification of heavy metal have interested researchers to investigate mechanisms of metal ion uptake, and to understand the possible utilization. In this review, we discuss the role of plants and their wastes for minimizing mercury and lead pollution with their toxic effect on both human beings and plants.
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Lead competes with calcium in this transport system, explaining why lead inhibits voltage-gated Ca-channels.
“The fact that lead competes with calcium in this transport system explains why lead inhibits voltage-gated Ca-channels (Kumar et al., 2017).”
From Plant hyperaccumulators: a state-of-the-art review on mechanism of heavy metal transport and sequestration (2025) · cites this paper as Kumar et al., 2017
Section 2.3 (page unavailable) says lead can enter plant roots through Ca²⁺-permeable channels, and section 3.1 says lead affects calcium homeostasis. Neither passage says lead competes with calcium in that transport system or that this competition inhibits voltage-gated Ca-channels. (LLM, conf=0.83)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredBy establishing a metal-ligand combination, lead immobilization can occur in the form of phosphates, resulting in reduced negative effects and greater phytoextraction.
“By establishing a metal-ligand combination, lead immobilisztion can also occur in the form of phosphates, resulting in reduced negative effects and greater phytoextraction (Kumar et al., 2017).”
From Plant hyperaccumulators: a state-of-the-art review on mechanism of heavy metal transport and sequestration (2025) · cites this paper as Kumar et al., 2017
In §1.1 (page unavailable), the paper says lead can be immobilized as a lead phosphate mineral and describes phytostabilization as reducing pollutant bioavailability and harm. It discusses chelating agents separately as a way to increase metal accumulation by plants, but does not say that phosphate immobilization increases phytoextraction. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredLead poses significant health threats even at low doses, particularly in child brain development and renal failure.
“Pb poses significant health threats even at low doses, particularly in child brain development and renal failure (Gaur et al., 2014; Kumar et al., 2017).”
From Plant hyperaccumulators: a state-of-the-art review on mechanism of heavy metal transport and sequestration (2025) · cites this paper as Kumar et al., 2017
The Introduction’s health-hazards table lists mental impairment in children and kidney damage for lead, and §3.1 describes lead’s effects on the brain and reading ability in children. The copy does not establish that these effects occur even at low doses, and it lists kidney damage rather than renal failure. No page numbers are available in the indexed passages. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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- Authors
- Kumar, B., Smita, K., & Cumbal Flores, L.
- Affiliations
- Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE (EC)
- Corresponding author
- Kumar, Brajesh
- Venue
- Arabian Journal of Chemistry
- Publisher
- Scientific Scholar
- Published
- 2017-05
- Volume
- 10
- Pages
- S2335-S2342
- ISSN
- 1878-5352 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2024075839
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- 209
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- 82
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 2.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Arabian Journal of Chemistry (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE (Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Prometheus Project of the National Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Heavy Metal Pollution Remediation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Heavy metals in environment
- Keywords
- mercury removal, lead removal, heavy metal contamination, biosorption, plant waste, green chemistry, metal toxicity, phytoremediation
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