National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Rapid growth of industrialization leads to pollution due to waste water. Many countries have experienced pollution hazards due to toxic metals. Industrial waste effluents containing toxic metals are creating water pollution problems. The present paper reports on the systematic studies of the uptake of Cr (VI) and the effect of the metal on some biochemical constituents of the plant Pistia stratiotes L. The biochemical parameters were : Hill activity, Chlorophylls, protein, free amino acid, inorganic phosphorus, RNA, DNA, dry weight and the activities of Protease, RNase and Peroxidase, etc. The effects on the biochemical parameters differed from those in control experiments. The absorption of the metal by the plants gradually increased with increase in concentration of Cr (VI) in the culture medium. The aquatic plant species may be regarded as Cr (VI) accumulators. So, the plant Pistia stratiotes L. can serve the mankind as the scavenger of Cr (VI) from waste water.
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