Phytochemical Analysis of Organic Compounds as an Indicator Metal Uptake in Selected Aquatic Plants

Plants contain numbers of potential chelating agents such as amino acids, organic acids, peptides and proteins etc. These chelating compounds are essential for the physiological processes in plants. Besides, these ligands are found in both Hyperaccumulator and non-hyperaccumulator Aquatic plants and play a vital role in metal uptake from contaminated soil. Many organic compounds have found to bind and accumulate trace and toxic metals in hyperaccumulating Aquatic plants. Three aquatic plants (Typhadomingensis, Phragmitesaustralis and Tamarixaphylla) selected for the phytochemical screening of alkaloids, amino acids, carbohydrates, diterpenes, flavonoids, phenols, proteins, quinones, steroids, terpenoids and tannins in the extract of water and petroleum ether. This research includes the data that may be useful for the proper classification and confirmation of those Aquatic plants containing active chelating agents for the uptake of trace and toxic metals from the soil.

Author(s): Muhammad Waris, Farah Maqsood

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