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Bioremediation of cadmium contaminated soil by tea waste and impact on the accumulation of Cd in Helianthus annuus

  • Sumeira Moin EMAIL logo , Rafia Azmat , Ailyan Saleem , Tehseen Ahmed , Waseem Ahmed , Khalid Ahmed , Neelofer Hamid , Sajid Ali , Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei and Imran Malik
Published/Copyright: January 30, 2024
Pure and Applied Chemistry
From the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry Volume 96 Issue 3

Abstract

The work aimed to assess the restoration of metal-contaminated soil pH and EC and impacts on Cd accumulation in plants Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) through tea waste in a natural environment. Various doses of Cd metal treatment (1–5 ppm) were provided to the soil with two sets of organic matter (tea waste) in a dry and wet state. The soil and plants were analyzed using analytical procedures like AAS, SEM and EDS, while pH and EC were measured through pH and conductivity meter. The mitigating effect of tea waste was observed on the pH (6.2–6.9) and EC of the soil, which was reflected by the healthy growth of the plants. It was established that the movement of the Cd was successfully controlled with the restoration of essential nutrient elements in different parts of plants. It was strongly related to recovered soil pH and EC in two sets of tested H. annuus plant species. The healthy growth of the plants showed that tea waste acts as a safe, harmless and sound remediator of soil, which enhances the soil nutrient ionic activity from soil to roots of the plants in the presence of the Cd metal, effective for the use of agriculture purposes.

Keywords: Cd; pH; EC; growth; tea waste; VCCA–2023
Corresponding author: Sumeira Moin, Department of Botany, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan, e-mail:
Article note: A collection of invited papers based on presentations at the Virtual Conference on Chemistry and its Applications 2023 (VCCA-2023).

Funding source: Higher Education Commission, Pakistan and King Saud University, Riyadh

Award Identifier / Grant number: 21-2077/SRGP/R&D/HEC/2018, RSPR 2024 R218

Acknowledgment

The authors are thankful to the Department of Chemistry, University of Karachi, for providing the research facilities to conduct this research and also extend our appreciation to the Research Supporting Project No. RSP2024R218, King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

  1. Research ethics: It is declared that no animal or human blood or any part is involved in the current investigation.

  2. Author contributions: Sumeira Moin: Methodology, Investigation, statistical analysis, Rafia Azmat: Writing original draft and Formal analysis, literature search. Neelofer Hamid and Khalid Ahmed, Writing - review & editing. Ailyan Saleem and Tehseen Ahmed: Writing - review & editing. Waseem Ahmed: Writing - review & editing, Sajid Ali, Abdulwahed fahad Alrefaeei and Imran Malik: English and scientific-technical editing.

  3. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

  4. Research funding: The corresponding author is thankful to HEC Pakistan for providing Funds for the above project No. 21-2077/SRGP/R&D/HEC/2018. Also, we are grateful to the Researchers supporting Project No.RSP2024R218, King Saud University, Riyadh, P.O. BOX 2455. Saudia Arabia in English and Scientific Editing.

  5. Data availability: The authors confirm that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article.

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https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2023-1018
Keywords for this article
Cd; pH; EC; growth; tea waste; VCCA–2023

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. In this issue
  3. Preface
  4. The virtual conference on chemistry and its applications, VCCA-2023, 7–11 August 2023
  5. Special topic papers
  6. Recovery of wipe sampling of urban surfaces contaminated with blistering chemical warfare agents
  7. Bioremediation of cadmium contaminated soil by tea waste and impact on the accumulation of Cd in Helianthus annuus
  8. Exploring the potential of Meldrum’s acid-bearing chain extenders for mechanical recycling of PET
  9. In silico and in vitro profiling of coumarins and flavonoids for anti-Alzheimer and antioxidant activity
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