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Differential phytotoxic effect of silver nitrate (AgNO3) and bifunctionalized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs-Cit-L-Cys) on Lemna plants (duckweeds)

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AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
Volume 250, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2022.106260

Keywords

Aquatic plant; Heavy metal; Phytotoxicity; Silver uptake; Functionalized silver nanoparticles; Antioxidant enzymes

Funding

  1. MIUR-Italy Departments of Excellence [Article 1, Comma 314 - 337, Low 232/2016]
  2. Economia Circolare (Green and Circular Economy-GECE), FOE 2019 (MIUR) [856]
  3. Biomemory, FOE-2021 (MIUR) [844]
  4. Regione Lazio [85-2017-15125, L.R.13/08]
  5. Gruppi di ricerca 2020''-POR FESR Lazio 2014-2020-Azione 1.2.1 [A0375-2020-36521]

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This paper investigated the phytotoxic effects of silver nitrate and silver nanoparticles on duckweeds. The results showed that both substances had negative impacts on plant growth and chlorophyll levels, with nanoparticles having a smaller effect. Duckweeds were found to be potential phytoremediation agents for silver ion-polluted water.
Duckweeds are aquatic plants often used in phytotoxic studies for their small size, simple structure, rapid growth, high sensitivity to pollutants and facility of maintaining under laboratory conditions. In this paper, induced phytotoxic effects were investigated in Lemna minor and Lemna minuta after exposition to silver nitrate (AgNO3) and silver nanoparticles stabilized with sodium citrate and L-Cysteine (AgNPs-Cit-L-Cys) at different concen-trations (0, 20 and 50 mg/L) and times (7 and 14 days). Lemna species responses were evaluated analyzing plant growth (mat thickness, fresh and dry biomass, relative growth rate - RGR) and physiological parameters (chlorophyll - Chl, malondialdehyde - MDA, ascorbate peroxidase - APX and catalase -CAT). Ag content was measured in the fronds of the two Lemna species by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry. AgNO3 and AgNPs-Cit-L-CYs produced phytotoxic effects on both duckweed species (plant growth and Chl reduction, MDA increase) that enhanced in response to increasing concentrations and exposure times. AgNPs-Cit-L-Cys caused much less alteration in the plants compared to AgNO3 suggesting that the presence of bifunc-tionalized AgNPs-Cit-L-Cys have a reduced phytotoxic effect as compared to Ag+ released in water. Based on the physiological performance, L. minuta plants showed a large growth reduction and higher levels of chlorosis and stress in respect to L. minor plants, probably due to greater Ag+ ions accumulation in the fronds. Albeit with some differences, both Lemna species were able to uptake Ag+ ions from the aqueous medium, especially over a period of 14 days, and could be considered adapt as phytoremediation agents for decontaminating silver ion-polluted water.

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