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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 379, Issue 2-3, Pages 249-255Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.08.053
Keywords
mesquite; arsenic; phytoremediation
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [S06GM801233] Funding Source: Medline
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This study describes the effects of Arsenic(Ill) and (V) on the growth and their uptake by the desert plant mesquite (Prosopis spp.). Seedlings were sown in agar-based medium containing a modified Hoagland's nutrient solution. After I week, the seedlings were transplanted to arsenic (As) treated agar media that contained 5 mgL(-1) of As either As(Ill) (AS(2)O(3)) or As(V) (AS(2)O(5)). The plants were harvested after 14 days of growth and sectioned into roots, stems, and leaves. After digestion, As concentrations in the roots, stems, and leaves were determined using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). Our results showed that the As concentrations from As(V) were significantly higher than the As concentrations from As(III) in all portions of the plant. Plants exposed to As(V) concentrated (mg As kg(-1) d wt) about 770 +/- 191, 326 +/- 94, and 119 +/- 18 in roots, stems, and leaves, respectively. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) showed that As(V) was reduced to As(Ill) inside the mesquite plant. In addition, greater than 90% of the As(Ill) found in the mesquite plants was bound to sulfur ligands in the roots, stems and leaves. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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