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Sandra N Correa-Torres1, Leonardo C Pacheco-Londoño, Eduardo A Espinosa-Fuentes
1ALERT DHS Center of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR 00681, Puerto Rico.
Journal of Environmental Monitoring : JEM
|November 25, 2011
Abstract:
Plants growing in the Caribbean, Rubia tinctorum, Lippia dulcis and Spermacoce remota, were used in vitro to remove TNT from culture media. Plants were found to be resistant to high TNT levels. S. remota was able to remove TNT in less than 48 h. Part of the TNT was physically removed from the culture media by evaporation.
