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AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
Volume 175, Issue -, Pages 213-221Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.03.027
Keywords
Chromium accumulation; Salvinia species; Thiols; Phenolics; Tolerance
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- Consejo de Investigaciones de la Universidad Nacional de Tucuman (CIUNT) [PIUNT 26G/347]
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET) [PIP 11/265]
- CONICET
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In plants of Salvinia rotundifolia and Salvinia minima the effect of two Cr(VI) concentrations (5 and 20 mg L-1) applied for 7 days was assessed by measuring changes in biomass, photosynthetic pigments, Cr accumulation, malondialdehyde (MDA), membrane stability index (MSI), thiols (TT, NPT and PBT), and phenolics (SP and IP). Biomass in S. minima was decreased at highest Cr(VI) concentration, but there were no changes in S. rotundifolia. Metal accumulation was different in both species. S. minima accumulates more metal in fronds, but S. rotundifolia accumulates more metal in lacinias. Results also showed that S. minima translocates more Cr to fronds than S. rotundifolia, but at the whole plant level higher accumulation occurred in this last. Tolerance index (Ti) was higher in S. rotundifolia. Chl b and carotenoids were decreased only upon exposure to high Cr(VI) concentration in both species. Cr(VI) treatment did not enhance MDA accumulation. Cr exposure had no impact on MSI values when comparing with Cruntreated values. Thiols in fronds and lacinias showed different distribution patterns between species. IP and NPT were higher in S. rotundifolia lacinias that accumulate more Cr than S. minima lacinias. Whilst SP and NPT were higher in S. minima fronds compared with S. rotundifolia ones. This may indicate that these species can cope with Cr(VI) toxicity, either through metal complexation and/or metal reduction or by the scavenging of ROS derived from Cr-induced oxidative stress. Based on Cr accumulation and biomass production, S. rotundifolia seems more suitable to remove Cr(VI) from polluted waters. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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