Assay of Heavy Metals in Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) Growing in River Benue, Nigeria and Its Safety as Food
Lami A. Nnamonu, Ogidi A. Ogidi & Ishaq S. Eneji · International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry · 2015
Laboratory tests have established that some aquatic plants are heavy metal hyper-accumulators. To estimate the extent of this phenomenon on the field, an assessment of heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cd, Cr, and Pb) content of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) freely growing in...
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10.9734/IRJPAC/2015/18762