abstract

• Heavy metal contamination represents a health risk due to occupational and environmental exposure, and their introduction into the food chain. Green technology and affordable to remediate sites contaminated with heavy metals is the phytoremediation. However, although phytoremediation represents a cheap and sustainable technology, it is very important to evaluate the interaction of the compounds associated with an increase or decrease in the ability to remove and phytoaccumulate heavy metals. This chapter presents general information obtained, from scientific sources, on the use of citric acid, ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid, glutathione, sulfur, nitrous oxide as chemical amendments to improve the processes of heavy metal phytoremediation. The information described here will be useful to carry studies about the improvement and potential of plants in the phytoremediation. © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

authors

• Alonso-Castro A.J.
• Carranza Álvarez Candy

publication date

• 2022-01-01

published in

• Phytoremediation: Biotechnological Strategies for Promoting Invigorating Environs  Book

keywords

• Chemical amendments; Food chain; Heavy metals; Phytoproteins; Phytoremediation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/B978-0-323-89874-4.00013-3

PubMed ID

start page

• 163

end page

• 178

volume

issue