Assessment of plant-driven uptake and translocation of clofibric acid by Scirpus validus

• Main Authors: Zhang, Dong Qing, Gersberg, Richard M., Hua, Tao, Zhu, Junfei, Ng, Wun Jern, Tan, Soon Keat
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering; DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100523; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16240
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Pharmaceutical compounds are now considered as emerging contaminants of environmental concern. The overall objective of this study was to evaluate the uptake and translocation of clofibric acid (CA) by the macrophyte Scirpus validus growing hydroponically. A set of the three replicates was establish...