title: Identification of the hyper accumulator plants in copper and iron mine in Iran.
abstract: The aim of present study was to identify accumulator plants that are effective for phytoremediation. We chose a mine of Iron and Copper named Hame Kasi that located western north of Hamedan city as a polluted area. In this region concentration of heavy metals is several times more than non-polluted area. Seventeen plant species and 6 soil samples were collected from this region for determination of heavy metals content. Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) was used for analysis of heavy metals in soil and plant samples, then tested plant species were grouped on the basis of their accumulation capability of heavy metals. The results of this research showed that there are some hyper accumulator plants in this area that can concentrate heavy metals in their different parts thus they can be used for remediation of polluted area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
authors.forename: Behrouz E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Malayeri
authors.forename: Abdolkarim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chehregani
authors.forename: Nafiseh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yousefi
authors.forename: Bahareh
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lorestani
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism*; D007492:Iran; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D008906:Mining; D010944:Plants / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D003300:Copper; D007501:Iron