Plant-Soil Interaction and Bioaccumulation of Elements in Anti-diabetic Medicinal Plants Commonly Used in Adamawa State, Nigeria

Author T.S Magili
Co-Author I.B Bwatanglang
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Country : Nigeria
Subject : Pure and Applied Chemistry

Keywords : Anti-diabetic, Medicinal plants, Trace element, Diabetes mellitus, INNA, Radioactive elements, bioconcentration factor

Abstract

The induction of root-based transport systems, the availability of soil microorganisms and the variation in plants morphology are all reported to influence the optimal nutrient uptake of variety of plant species. These differences in relation to the plant-soil interactions were hypothesis to have a direct effect in defining the pharmacological properties of individual plants species. Therefore, this present study is conducted to provide a comprehensive relationship between the concentration of elements in the soil and the bioconcentration in anti-diabetic medicinal plants grown on the same soil. Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) were used to analyzed the concentration of 22 elements in 10 anti-diabetic medicinal plants commonly used in Adamawa state, Nigeria for the treatment and management of diabetes mellitus (DM). From the results of the study, the most effective medicinal plants with the highest BCF values was observed to be Ageratum conyzoides, accumulating about 50% of the elements investigated. Furthermore, the overall results shows Ca widely distributed in the all the species with the highest BCF (33.70) recorded in Terminalia avicennioides, expressed in percentage equivalent to be 3370%. Depicting that the magnitude of the accumulations in the roots is more than 3000 times compared to the value recorded in the surrounding soil samples. In addition to their anti-diabetic potential, some of the plants species with higher BCF values could be utilise in phytoremediation for the selective absorption of elements.

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