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Assessment of Uptake, Accumulation and Degradation of Paracetamol in Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) under Controlled Laboratory Conditions.
Badar, Zarreen; Shanableh, Abdallah; El-Keblawy, Ali; Mosa, Kareem A; Semerjian, Lucy; Mutery, Abdullah Al; Hussain, Muhammad Iftikhar; Bhattacharjee, Sourjya; Tsombou, François Mitterand; Ayyaril, Sefeera Sadik; Ahmady, Islam M; Elnaggar, Attiat; Mousa, Muath; Semreen, Mohammad H.
  • Badar Z; Research Institute of Science and Engineering (RISE), University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 27272, United Arab Emirates.
  • Shanableh A; Research Institute of Science and Engineering (RISE), University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 27272, United Arab Emirates.
  • El-Keblawy A; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 27272, United Arab Emirates.
  • Mosa KA; Research Institute of Science and Engineering (RISE), University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 27272, United Arab Emirates.
  • Semerjian L; Department of Applied Biology, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 27272, United Arab Emirates.
  • Mutery AA; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Al-Arish University, Al-Arish 45511, Egypt.
  • Hussain MI; Department of Applied Biology, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 27272, United Arab Emirates.
  • Bhattacharjee S; Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11751, Egypt.
  • Tsombou FM; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 27272, United Arab Emirates.
  • Ayyaril SS; Department of Applied Biology, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 27272, United Arab Emirates.
  • Ahmady IM; Human Genetics and Stem Cells Research Group, Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 27272, United Arab Emirates.
  • Elnaggar A; Molecular Genetics Lab, Biotechnology Lab, Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 27272, United Arab Emirates.
  • Mousa M; Department of Plant Biology and Soil Science, Campus Lagoas Marcosende, Universidad de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain.
  • Semreen MH; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 27272, United Arab Emirates.
Plants (Basel) ; 11(13)2022 Jun 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1934186
ABSTRACT
The occurrence and persistence of pharmaceuticals in the food chain, particularly edible crops, can adversely affect human and environmental health. In this study, the impacts of the absorption, translocation, accumulation, and degradation of paracetamol in different organs of the leafy vegetable crop spinach (Spinacia oleracea) were assessed under controlled laboratory conditions. Spinach plants were exposed to 50 mg/L, 100 mg/L, and 200 mg/L paracetamol in 20% Hoagland solution at the vegetative phase in a hydroponic system. Exposed plants exhibited pronounced phytotoxic effects during the eight days trial period, with highly significant reductions seen in the plants' morphological parameters. The increasing paracetamol stress levels adversely affected the plants' photosynthetic machinery, altering the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters (Fv/Fm and PSII), photosynthetic pigments (Chl a, Chl b and carotenoid contents), and composition of essential nutrients and elements. The LC-MS results indicated that the spinach organs receiving various paracetamol levels on day four exhibited significant uptake and translocation of the drug from roots to aerial parts, while degradation of the drug was observed after eight days. The VITEK® 2 system identified several bacterial strains (e.g., members of Burkhulderia, Sphingomonas, Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus, Stenotrophomonas and Kocuria) isolated from spinach shoots and roots. These microbes have the potential to biodegrade paracetamol and other organic micro-pollutants. Our findings provide novel insights to mitigate the risks associated with pharmaceutical pollution in the environment and explore the bioremediation potential of edible crops and their associated microbial consortium to remove these pollutants effectively.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Plants11131626

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Plants11131626