Effect of Farm Additives on the Potential Bioavailability of Some Nutritional Elements from Kenyan Wild Plants
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DOI: 10.1007/s12011-019-01855-8
Abstract: In this study, the effects of farm additives on eight wild plants from Nyamira County, Kenya were evaluated for their release of iron, copper, calcium, potassium and magnesium. A hundred and sixty traditional medicinal practitioners… read more here.
Keywords: wild plants; effect farm; nutritional elements; farm additives ... See more keywords
Selenium decreases methylmercury and increases nutritional elements in rice growing in mercury-contaminated farmland.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109447
Abstract: Methylmercury (MeHg) in rice grains grown in Hg-contaminated areas has raised environmental health concerns. Pot experiments found that selenium (Se) could reduce MeHg levels in rice grains. However, relatively high levels of Se (up to… read more here.
Keywords: mehg; rice; elements rice; selenium ... See more keywords
Nutritional dynamics during the development of xylophagous beetles related to changes in the stoichiometry of 11 elements
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DOI: 10.1111/phen.12168
Abstract: The present study examines the adaptive strategy used by wood‐boring beetles to compensate for the lack of nutrients in dead wood. The contents of nutritional elements in growing wood‐boring beetles (Stictoleptura rubra L. and Chalcophora… read more here.
Keywords: wood; nutritional dynamics; dead wood; larval development ... See more keywords