Khan Atta Ullah, Khan Allah Nawaz, Waris Abdul, Ilyas Muhammad, Zamel Doaa
CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, No. 11 Zhongguancun Beiyitiao, Beijing 100190, China.
Department of Biotechnology, University of Malakand, Pakistan.
Open Life Sci. 2022 May 13;17(1):488-496. doi: 10.1515/biol-2022-0056. eCollection 2022.
As there is a global water crisis facing the whole world, it is important to find alternative solutions to treat wastewater for reuse. Hence, plants have an effective role in removing pollutants from wastewater, which has been emphasized in this review article. Biological treatment of wastewater can be considered an eco-friendly and cost-effective process that depends on in the future. Living organisms, including plants, can remediate pollutants in wastewater, especially in agricultural fields, such as dyes, heavy metals, hydrocarbons, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides. This review discusses the different activities of plants in pollutant elimination from wastewater and sheds light on the utilization of plants in this scope. This review focuses on the remediation of the most common contaminants present in wastewater, which are difficult to the removal with microorganisms, such as bacteria, fungi, and algae. Moreover, it covers the major role of plants in wastewater treatment and the potential of phytoremediation as a possible solution for the global water crisis.
由于全球正面临水危机，寻找处理废水以供再利用的替代解决方案至关重要。因此，植物在去除废水中的污染物方面发挥着有效作用，这在这篇综述文章中得到了强调。废水的生物处理可被视为一种环保且经济高效的过程，未来值得依赖。包括植物在内的生物能够修复废水中的污染物，尤其是在农业领域，如染料、重金属、碳氢化合物、药物和农药。本综述讨论了植物在去除废水中污染物方面的不同活动，并阐明了植物在这一范围内的利用情况。本综述聚焦于废水中存在的最常见污染物的修复，这些污染物难以被细菌、真菌和藻类等微生物去除。此外，它还涵盖了植物在废水处理中的主要作用以及植物修复作为全球水危机可能解决方案的潜力。
