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Access state-of-the-art research about trace element contamination and its impact on human health in Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients: Consequences in Ecosystems and Human Health. In this ground-breaking guide, find exhaustive evidence of trace element contamination in the environment with topics like the functions and essentiality of trace metals, bioavailability and uptake biochemistry, membrane biochemistry and transport mechanisms, and enzymology. Find case studies that will reinforce the fundamentals of mineral nutrition in plants and animals and current information about fortified foods and nutrient deficiencies.
Chapter
1 The Biological System of Elements: Trace Element Concentration and Abundance in Plants Give Hints on Biochemical Reasons of Sequestration and Essentiality
pp.：
33 – 55
2 Health Implications of Trace Elements in the Environment and the Food Chain
pp.：
55 – 87
3 Trace Elements in Agro-ecosystems
pp.：
87 – 113
4 Metal Accumulation in Crops—Human Health Issues
pp.：
113 – 131
5 Trace Elements and Plant Secondary Metabolism: Quality and Efficacy of Herbal Products
pp.：
131 – 153
6 Trace Elements and Radionuclides in Edible Plants
pp.：
153 – 169
7 Trace Elements in Traditional Healing Plants—Remedies or Risks
pp.：
169 – 193
8 Biofortification: Nutritional Security and Relevance to Human Health
pp.：
193 – 215
9 Essentiality of Zinc for Human Health and Sustainable Development
pp.：
215 – 249
10 Zinc Effect on the Phytoestrogen Content of Pomegranate Fruit Tree
pp.：
249 – 265
11 Iron Bioavailability, Homeostasis through Phytoferritins and Fortification Strategies: Implications for Human Health and Nutrition
pp.：
265 – 299
12 Iodine and Human Health: Bhutan’s Iodine Fortification Program
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299 – 313
13 Floristic Composition at Kazakhstan’s Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site: Relevance to the Containment of Radionuclides to Safeguard Ecosystems and Human Health
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313 – 327
14 Uranium and Thorium Accumulation in Cultivated Plants
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327 – 375
15 Exposure to Mercury: A Critical Assessment of Adverse Ecological and Human Health Effects
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375 – 405
16 Cadmium as an Environmental Contaminant: Consequences to Plant and Human Health
pp.：
405 – 445
17 Trace Element Transport in Plants
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445 – 481
18 Cadmium Detoxification in Plants: Involvement of ABC Transporters
pp.：
481 – 503
19 Iron: A Major Disease Modifier in Thalassemia
pp.：
503 – 527
20 Health Implications: Trace Elements in Cancer
pp.：
527 – 555
21 Mode of Action and Toxicity of Trace Elements
pp.：
555 – 587
22 Input and Transfer of Trace Metals from Food via Mothermilk to the Child: Bioindicative Aspects to Human Health
pp.：
587 – 625
23 Selenium: A Versatile Trace Element in Life and Environment
pp.：
625 – 655
24 Environmental Contamination Control of Water Drainage from Uranium Mines by Aquatic Plants
pp.：
655 – 685
25 Copper as an Environmental Contaminant: Phytotoxicity and Human Health Implications
pp.：
685 – 711
26 Forms of Copper, Manganese, Zinc, and Iron in Soils of Slovakia: System of Fertilizer Recommendation and Soil Monitoring
pp.：
711 – 733
27 Role of Minerals in Halophyte Feeding to Ruminants
pp.：
733 – 753
28 Plants as Biomonitors of Trace Elements Pollution in Soil
pp.：
753 – 775
29 Bioindication and Biomonitoring as Innovative Biotechniques for Controlling Trace Metal Influence to the Environment
pp.：
775 – 793
Biodiversity Index
pp.：
793 – 801
Subject Index
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801 – 809
Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients
：Consequences in Ecosystems and Human Health
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