Spectroscopic studies of the interaction of Eu(III) with the roots of water hyacinth

The water hyacinth is a plant currently being used throughout the world, including sites within 1 km of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, for the removal of toxic metals from water. We have recently shown that the roots of water hyacinth will remove large quantities of Eu(III) from water. In this stud...

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Published in:	Water, air, and soil pollution Vol. 119; no. 1/4; pp. 171 - 176
Main Authors:	Kelley, C, Curtis, A.J, Uno, J.K, Berman, C.L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer 01-04-2000 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Animal, plant and microbial ecology Applied ecology Applied sciences Aquatic plants binding Biological and medical sciences Bioremediation Carboxylic acids Continental surface waters Earth sciences Earth, ocean, space Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on plants and fungi Eichhornia crassipes Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics Environmental monitoring Europium Exact sciences and technology Floating plants Freshwater Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Infrared spectroscopy ions Natural water pollution NMR Nuclear accidents & safety Nuclear magnetic resonance Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy phytoremediation Plants (botany) Pollution Pollution, environment geology Roots water pollution Water treatment and pollution Ukraine, Chernobyl Complexation Laboratory study Monocotyledones Lanthanide NMR spectrometry Heavy metal Phytoremediation Freshwater environment Infrared spectrometry Rhizosphere Decontamination Carboxylic acid Pontederiaceae Angiospermae Eichhornia crassipes Spermatophyta Water pollution Bioremediation Biological accumulation Europium
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Summary:	The water hyacinth is a plant currently being used throughout the world, including sites within 1 km of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, for the removal of toxic metals from water. We have recently shown that the roots of water hyacinth will remove large quantities of Eu(III) from water. In this study we were able to determine that carboxylic acids are responsible for binding the intracellular proportion of Eu(III) in the roots of water hyacinth using the techniques of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Infrared (IR) spectroscopies.
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ISSN:	0049-6979 1573-2932
DOI:	10.1023/a:1005198729927