Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients

This exhaustive volume presents state-of the-art findings on trace element contamination in the environment. It addresses the fundamentals of mineral nutrition in plants and animals (including humans), delves into the geochemistry, bioavailability, uptake, and enzymology of trace elements, and discusses environmental contamination and health implications. It has current information about fortified foods and nutrient deficiencies. Complete with case studies, this is the definitive reference for scientists working in geochemistry hydrology, environmental chemistry and biology, agriculture, and other fields, as well as professionals in regulatory agencies and aid organizations.

M. N. V. Prasad, PhD, is a Professor of Environmental Biology at the University of Hyderabad, India, and is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of six books and more than 170 research papers on environmental botany and heavy metal stress in plants. Dr. Prasad is an elected Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, England, and the National Institute of Ecology, New Delhi, India; life member of the National Institute of Ecology and the Bioenergy Society of India; and a member of the International Allelopathy Society and the Indian Network for Soil Contamination Research.

The Biological System of Elements: (Trace) Element Concentration Abundance
Trace elements contamination and availability: human health implications implications of food chain and biofortification
Trace elements in agro-ecosystems
Metal accumulate on in crops- human health ssues
Trace elements and plant secondary metabolism: quality and efficacy of herbal products
Trace elements and radionuclides in edible plants
Trace elements in traditional healing plants - remedies or risks
Biofortification: nutritional security and relevance to human helath
Zinc for human health and sustainable development
Zinc effect on the phytoestrogen content of pomegranate fruit tree
Iron bioavailability and homeostasis through phytoferritins: fortification and intervention strategic approaches for human health and nutrition
Iodine and health: A review of Bhutan's Iodine Fortification programme
Radionuclide contamination at Kazakhstan's Semipalatinsk Test Site: consequences for ecosystems and human health
Uranium and thorium bioaccumulation in cultivated plants
Mercuy - Inorganic and organic forms, environmental fate and toxicity
Cadmium as an environmental contaminant - Consequences to plant and human health
Trace elements transport in plants
Cadmium detoxification in plants - Involvement of ABC transporters
Iron: A major disease modifier in thalassaemia
Trace Elements: Nutritional Benefits, Environmental Contamination, and Health Implications in Cancer
Mode of action and toxicity of trace elements
Input and transfer of trace metals from food via mothermilk to the child - bioindicative aspects to human health
Selenium and lead in soil
Arsenic and uranium contamination control by aquatic plants
Copper as an environmental contaminant and essential nutrient: consequences to plant and human health
Forms of copper, manganese, zinc, and iron in soils of Slovakia, system of fertilizers recommendation and soil monitoring
Role of minerals in halophyte feeding to ruminants
Plants as biomonitors of trace elements pollution in soil
Bioindication and biomonitoring as innovative biotechniques for controlling trace metal influences to the environment
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Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients Consequences in Ecosystems and Human Health

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