Investigations on Heavy Metal Uptake by Zingiber officinale from Metal Contaminated Soils during Cultivation
Environmental Chemistry laboratory
1,2,4Department of Chemistry Govt College, Kota Tajasthan India
3Department of Botany, Govt. College, Kota Rajasthan India
Present investigations have been initiated to determine levels of uptake of heavy metals viz. Pb, Cd, Zn, Fe, Cu, and Mn to the usable part i.e. rhizome of Ginger plant. Samples of Ginger plant, a plant of wide spread utility and medicinal importance along with soil samples collected from fifteen different sites within and around industrial city Kota of Rajasthan, an industrial city, with high risk of heavy metal contamination. Samples were processed, digested and then metals were determined Atomic Absorption spectrophotometrically. Correlation matrix has shown that the most of the metal concentrations in plants and corresponding soil samples are significantly correlated.
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Jagrati Agrawal*1, Ruchi Sahu2, Nilima Bharadwaj3 and Kalpana S.4 , "Investigations on Heavy Metal Uptake by Zingiber officinale from Metal Contaminated Soils during Cultivation ", Journal of Ultra Chemistry, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page Number 423-430, 2016Copy the following to cite this URL:
Jagrati Agrawal*1, Ruchi Sahu2, Nilima Bharadwaj3 and Kalpana S.4 , "Investigations on Heavy Metal Uptake by Zingiber officinale from Metal Contaminated Soils during Cultivation ", Journal of Ultra Chemistry, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page Number 423-430, 2016Available from: http://www.journalofchemistry.org/paper/523/
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