Abstract
Many plant species have developed adaptive mechanisms to protect against stress, including stress caused by exposure to heavy metals. As a ubiquitous plant, Sanguisorba minor Scop. is usually found on various polluted and unpolluted sites. In that light, the main purpose of the study was to determine the level of stress in S. minor populations from different soil types. To investigate the physiological status of S. minor we collected both soil and plant samples from serpentine soils as well as an artificially heavy metal contaminated site and non-metalliferous site. Flame atomic absorption spectrometry was performed for determination of heavy metals in soil and herb. The total content of chlorophylls a and b, total phenolics, phenolic acids, flavonoids and proline were determined by spectrophotometric methods. The highest levels of total flavonoids and proline were detected in the sample from serpentine soil (SO2). Statistically significant difference concerning secondary metabolites was observed in all localities. The physiological parameters contents show exceptional adaptation of S. minor to heavy metal contaminated soils indicating its possible phytoremediation potential.
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Abbreviations
- B&H:
-
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Chl a:
-
chlorophyll a
- Chl b :
-
chlorophyll b
- DW :
-
dry weight
- EF:
-
enrichment factor
- FAAS :
-
Flame Atomic Absorption Specroscopy
- FCA :
-
Foline-Ciocaltau assay
- GAE:
-
gallic acid equivalents
- HMs :
-
heavy metals
- Igeo :
-
geo-accumulation index
- QE :
-
Quercetin equivalent
- ROS :
-
reactive oxygen species
- SMs :
-
secondary metabolites
- WHO:
-
World Health Organization
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Hasanović, M., Čakar, J., Ahatović, A. et al. Physiological parameters indicate remarkable survival mechanisms of Sanguisorba minor Scop. on metalliferous and non-metalliferous sites. Biologia 77, 1915–1929 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-022-01052-4
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