Soil enzymatic activities and microbial community structure with different application rates of Cd and PbSardar Khan
Research Center for Eco Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
J Environ Sci (China) 19:834-40. 2007
..Positive correlations were observed among the three enzymatic activities, but negative correlations were found between the amounts of the heavy metals and the enzymatic activities...
Concentrations and bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in wastewater-irrigated soil using in vitro gastrointestinal testSardar Khan
Department of Soil Environmental Science, Research Center for Eco Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 15:344-53. 2008
..This study was conducted to investigate the level of PAH contamination and oral bioaccessibility in surface soils, using physiologically based in vitro gastro-intestinal tests regarding both gastric and small intestinal conditions...
Effects of Cd and Pb on soil microbial community structure and activitiesSardar Khan
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, 25120, Peshawar, Pakistan
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 17:288-96. 2010
..Soil microbial activities, including acid phosphatase (ACP), urease (URE), and MBC, and microbial community structure were studied...
Soil and vegetables enrichment with heavy metals from geological sources in Gilgit, northern PakistanSardar Khan
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 73:1820-7. 2010
..Furthermore, the HRI values were within the safe limit (<1) except for Pb; therefore, the health risks of metals through ingestion of vegetables were of great concern in the study area...
Use of constructed wetland for the removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewaterSardar Khan
Department of Environmental Science, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan
J Environ Manage 90:3451-7. 2009
..However, it is suggested that the metal removal efficiency of the CW can be further enhanced by using proper management of vegetation and area expansion of the present CW...
Accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals in lettuce grown in the soils contaminated with long-term wastewater irrigationSardar Khan
Department of Soil Environmental Science, Research Center for Eco Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
J Hazard Mater 152:506-15. 2008
..This study highlights the potential health risks associated with cultivation and consumption of leafy vegetables on wastewater-contaminated soils...
Biodegradation of high molecular weight PAHs using isolated yeast mixtures: application of meta-genomic methods for community structure analysesAbd El Latif Hesham
State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P O Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 19:3568-78. 2012
..The bioaugmentation systems (SY and MY) were successfully established by inoculating with five nonindigenous yeast strains and demonstrated high performance in removal of HMW-PAHs...
Arsenic health risk assessment in drinking water and source apportionment using multivariate statistical techniques in Kohistan region, northern PakistanSaid Muhammad
National Center of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Food Chem Toxicol 48:2855-64. 2010
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Arsenate toxicity for wheat and lettuce in six Chinese soils with different propertiesQing Cao
Research Center for Eco Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People s Republic of China
Environ Toxicol Chem 28:1946-50. 2009
..The overall results from the present work illustrate the necessity of considering soil properties in assessing soil As contamination...
Application of PCR-DGGE to analyse the yeast population dynamics in slurry reactors during degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in weathered oilAbd El-Latif Hesham
Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 2871, Beijing 100085, People's Republic of China
Yeast 23:879-87. 2006
..Moreover, the results showed that all of the five strains, including the two belonging to the same genus, could be differentiated from each other in the DGGE profile...