Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 393, Issue 3, Pages 983-990Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-008-2523-9
Keywords
Imidazolium ionic liquids; Lepidium sativum L.; Toxicity tests; Hydrophobicity; Organic matter in soil; High-performance liquid chromatography
Funding
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Warsaw, Poland) [2P04G 083 29]
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The sensitivity of Lepidium sativum L. germination to three imidazolium ionic liquids was investigated in solutions and soils artificially contaminated with mixtures of those compounds. In case of aquatic solutions, the toxic character of analyzed compounds is connected with their hydrophobicity. The seedling growth is increasing with the decrease in ionic liquid hydrophobicity. The novelty of those studies is the application of high-performance liquid chromatography, which was used for the determination of ionic liquid quantity absorbed by cress. There was almost linear relationship between decrease in root germination and amount of ionic liquid uptaken by cress. Furthermore, the systematic studies on the influence of total organic carbon content in soil on the toxicity of ionic liquids to cress were performed for the first time. Hazardous effects appeared to be closely connected with organic matter: with the decrease of total organic carbon quantity, the inhibition of plant growth was more significant. Visual effects of ionic liquid toxic activity to garden cress are similar as in the case of nutrient deficit in plants.
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