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Department for Chemistry in pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sarajevo , Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina
Department for Chemistry in pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sarajevo , Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phytoremediation with wild plant species could be environment friendly and economical solution. Selected wild plants like mint, oregano, chamomile, nettle and St. John’s wort, from rural area in Bosnia and Herzegovina, were collected, lyophilized and acid digested for heavy metals analysis. Nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn) and lead (Pb) were determined, by using an Atomic Absorption Spectrometry-flame technique. Results showed that some of investigated wild plants have a high content of multi-heavy metals. This work showed that collected wild plants have ability to accumulate heavy metals and could be used for the phytoremediation of multi-metals contaminated soil.
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