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BIOREMEDIATION - Part II
Minerva Biotecnologica 2001 June;13(2):151-2
Copyright © 2001 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
Drugs uptake and degradation by aquatic plants as a bioremediation technique
Forni C. 1, Cascone A. 2, Cozzolino S. 3, Migliore L. 1
1 Dipartimento Biologia, Università «Tor Vergata» Roma, Italy; 2 ICRAM, Roma, Italy; 3 Dipartimento Biologia Vegetale, Università «Federico II», Napoli, Italy
To evaluate plant capability of lowering antimicrobial drug concentration, laboratory models have been set up, testing a sulfonamide (Sulfadimethoxine) and a quinolone (Flumequine) widely used in intensive farming. The aim of this work was to determine if different macrophytes, Azolla, Lythrum and Lemna, can have phytoremediation activity: effect on plant post-germinative development, drug uptake/degradation were studied. The three plant models demonstrated a high survival rate even at very high drug concentrations although toxic effects are present. Furthermore, Azolla and Lythrum showed drug uptake. This can lead us to hypothesise for these plants a role as a bioremediation technique.