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Antioxidant Characteristics and Phytoremediation Potential of 27 Taxa of Roadside Trees at Industrial Complex Area  

Han Sim-Hee (Department of Forest Genetic Resources, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Lee Jae-Cheon (Department of Forest Genetic Resources, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Oh Chang-Young (Department of Forest Genetic Resources, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kim Pan-Gi (Department of Forest Resources and Environment, Sangju National University)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.8, no.3, 2006 , pp. 159-168 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to screen for the best species for mitigating air pollutants by plants at an industrial complex area, we investigated antioxidant capacity, lipid peroxidation and nitrogen content in the leaves of 27 taxa of woody plants that are mostly utilized as roadside trees. Among 27 taxa, the highest value of antioxidant capacity was given by Cedrus deodara (91.4%) and the lowest one was by Firmiana simplex (56.9%). At lipid peroxidation level, little malondialdehyde (MDA) was observed in Lagerstroemia indica and Ginkgo biloba, but Platanus occidentalis, Castanoposis cuspidata var, sieboldii, Machilus thunbergii and Juniperus chinensis showed high MDA content. Antioxidant capacity of the deciduous woody plants was not significantly different in comparison with that of the evergreen ones. But MDA content of the deciduous woody plants was lower than that of the evergreen ones. The 27 taxa of woody plants appeared to be classified into four types: those of high antioxidant capacity and low lipid peroxidation, those of high antioxidant capacity and high lipid peroxidation, those of low antioxidant capacity and low lipid peroxidation, and those of low antioxidant capacity and high lipid peroxidation. The taxa included in these types are 7 (first type), 6 (second one), 8 (third one) and 6 (fourth one) taxa. first or second type species which have a high antioxidant capacity represented low nitrogen content in their leaves. However, third or forth type species which have low antioxidant capacity showed high nitrogen content in their leaves. Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Platycarya strobilacra and P. occidentalis which belong to the first or second type had extraordinarily high antioxidant capacity and high nitrogen content. Thus, three species are considered to be good phytoremediators for an industrial complex area.
Keywords
Lipid peroxidation; Malondialdehyde; Nitrogen; Phytoremediator;
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