Claim · model-written summary
Carrot leaves accumulated cadmium with BCF 1.71.
- Taxon
- Carrots
Daucus carotae0 - Organ / stage
- leaf tissuese0
- Outcome
- accumulate cadmiume0
- Value
- BCF = 1.71e0
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Verbatim
e0“Carrots exhibit an enhanced capacity to accumulate cadmium in their leaf tissues, with a high bioconcentration factor (BCF = 1.71)”
Title
Abderrahmane Hadini; Frédéric Laruelle; Natacha Facon; et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2026. doi:10.1007/s11356-026-37466-9
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