Invasive plant-derived biochar inhibits sulfamethazine uptake by lettuce in soil
Abstract
Veterinary antibiotics are frequently detected in soils posing potential contamination of food crops. Sulfamethazine (SMT) uptake was investigated by lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) grown in the soils treated with/without biochar derived from an invasive plant, burcucumber (Sicyos angulatus L.) (BBC700). Soils were contaminated with SMT at 5 and 50mgkg(-1), and treated with/without 5% BBC700 (ww(-1)). The lettuces were harvested after 5weeks of cultivation and were analyzed for SMT by a high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry after solid-phase extraction. With 5% BBC700, the uptake of SMT was reduced by 86% in the soil spiked with 5mgkg(-1) SMT compared to the control whereas a 63% reduction was observed in the soil spiked with 50mgkg(-1) SMT. Application of BBC700, into soils effectively reduced the SMT uptake by lettuce.
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Rajapaksha et al. (2014) biochar produced from an invasive plant at 700°C significantly reduced absorption of sulfamethazine by lettuce; compared with control, SMT absorption decreased by more than 63% after adding 5% biochar.
“The results showed that BC can significantly reduce the absorption of SMT by lettuce (compared with the control, the SMT absorption was decreased by more than 63% after adding 5% BC).”
From Review of organic and inorganic pollutants removal by biochar and biochar-based composites (2021) · cites this paper as Rajapaksha et al. (2014)
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- Authors
- Rajapaksha, A. U., Vithanage, M., Lim, J. E., Ahmed, M. B. M., Zhang, M., Lee, S. S., & Ok, Y. S.
- Affiliations
- Kangwon National University (KR)
- National Institute of Fundamental Studies (LK)
- China Jiliang University (CN)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Ok, Yong Sik
- ORCID
- Venue
- Chemosphere
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-09
- Volume
- 111
- Pages
- 500-504
- ISSN
- 0045-6535 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2046538769
- Cited by
- 138
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 3
- FWCI
- 6.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Chemosphere (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Kangwon National University
- Korea Basic Science Institute
- Institute for Basic Science
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
- Keywords
- sulfamethazine, biochar, Sicyos angulatus, invasive plants, lettuce, antibiotic uptake, soil remediation, food crop contamination
- MeSH terms
- Anti-Infective Agents, Charcoal, Soil, Soil Pollutants, Sulfamethazine, Lactuca
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