Claim · model-written summary
Equisetum arvense recorded a higher Cd content than all other species, at 10.3–28 mg kg −1.
- Taxon
- Equisetum arvense
Equisetum arvensee6 - Compound
- Cde6
- Outcome
- Cd contente6
- Direction
- highere6
- Value
- 10.3–28 mg kg −1e6
- Comparator
- all other speciese6
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Verbatim
e6“Equisetum arvense recorded a comparatively higher Cd content (10.3–28 mg kg −1 ) than all other species”
Title
Michael O. Asare; Elisa Pellegrini; Jiřina Száková; et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2025. doi:10.1007/s11356-025-36241-6
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- Observation Soil Cd content at the mining and smelting site ranged from 40 to 65, indicating serious soil contamination.
- Observation Soil Pb content at the mining and smelting site ranged from 3183 to 3897, indicating serious soil contamination.
- Observation Soil Zn content at the mining and smelting site ranged from 5108 to 6553 mg kg −1, indicating serious soil contamination.
- Association Soil pH, C and N were negatively correlated.
- Observation Cd content exceeded the permissible limit in 22 of 23 shoot species.
- Observation Zn content in all herbaceous plants was above the WHO limit.
- Observation Arabidopsis halleri had a bioaccumulation factor above 1 for Cd and Zn.
- Observation E. arvense had a bioaccumulation factor below 1.
- Observation E. arvense accumulated more than 1000 mg Zn per kg in shoots.
- Observation Nine herbaceous species accumulated more Zn than many plants, above 300 mg kg −1.
- Observation Only 10 herbaceous species accumulated Pb above the permissible limit in plants.
- Observation Leucanthemum vulgare recorded the highest Pb concentration among all species, at 40 mg kg −1.