GROWTH DEVELOPMENT AND HEAVY METAL UPTAKE BY AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS L. POLLUTED WITH PHARMACEUTICAL EFFLUENTS
ABSTRACT Experiments were carried out to study the ability of Amaranthus hybridus to accumulate heavy metals and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APis) from two pharmaceutical effluents samples (effluent P, containing Paracetamol and effluent Bcontaining Amoxicillin). The preliminary experiment was carried out in a screen house in completely randomized design (CRD), using sterilised soil and controlled irrigation with the effluents while distilled water was the control. The main experiment involved natural attenuation ...
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