Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients Consequences in Ecosystems and Human Health

by Prasad, Majeti Narasimha Vara

• ISBN13: 9780470180952
• ISBN10: 0470180951
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-11
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

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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