Phytoremediation of selected explosives

Vaněk, Tomáš; Nepovím, Aleš; Podlipná, Radka; Zeman, S.; Vágner, Martin
WATER, AIR, & SOIL POLLUTION: FOCUS 3: 259-267, 2003

Keywords: phytoremediation; TNT; plant cells
Abstract: The phytoremediation of trinitrotoluene (TNT), nitroglycerine (NG) and pentaerytritoltetranitrate (PENT) using .I.in vitro./I. cultures of .I.Rheum palmatum./I., .I.Saponaria officinalis./I. and .I.Populus simonii./I. were studied. All above mentioned explosives were degradated to less toxic products and finally probably bound to the cell wall or further involved in the metabolism.
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IEB authors: Radka Podlipná, Martin Vágner, Tomáš Vaněk