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Impact of pharmaceutical industry wastewater on stress physiological responses of Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleiden

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Impact of pharmaceutical wastewater collected from aeration tank on aquatic macrophyte Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleiden was studied in the present study. Various plant parameters such as chlorophyll, protein, and proline content of wastewater-exposed plants were examined to determine the toxic impacts of pharmaceutical wastewater. In addition to these parameters, electrolyte leakage (EL) and catalase (CAT) activities in S. polyrhiza were assessed for each day of exposure to the wastewater. S. polyrhiza was exposed to four different wastewater concentrations (25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%) under laboratory conditions for 7 days. The plants experienced severe toxicity as revealed by the reduction in photosynthetic pigments, increase in electrolyte leakage, and enhancement of antioxidant enzyme (CAT) activity in S. polyrhiza with an increase in concentration and time of exposure to pharmaceutical effluent.

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The corresponding author (PM) gratefully acknowledges the financial support received from JK Science Technology & Innovation Council, Department of Science & Technology, India (Grant no. JKST&IC/SRE/ 945–47).

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  1. Department of Environmental Science, Government Degree College, 185202, J&K, Kalakot, India

    Khalida Parveen

  2. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu, 180006, J&K, Jammu, India

    Rekha Kumari & Piyush Malaviya

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The study was conceptualized and designed by PM. Experiments and data collection were conducted by KP. Data analysis was conducted by KP and RK. The first draft of the manuscript was written by KP, RK, and PM. All the subsequent drafts of the manuscript were written by RK and PM. The overall study was supervised by PM. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Parveen, ., Kumari, R. & Malaviya, P. Impact of pharmaceutical industry wastewater on stress physiological responses of Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleiden. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 119275–119284 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30729-9

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