Research Article

The Interactions among the Heavy Metals in Soils and in Weeds and Their Antioxidant Capacity under the Mining Activities in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam

Table 2

The average concentration (±SD) of five HMs in plant tissues (root, shoot, and leave) from 4 species, C. parasiticus, D. linearis, P. calomelanos, and P. vittata, and corresponding bioaccumulation factor (BF) and translocation factor (TF).

Plant speciesPlant tissueAsCdCuPbZn
Conc.BFTFConc.BFTFConc.BFTFConc.BFTFConc.BFTF

C. parasiticusRoot1.19 ± 1.770.140.58 ± 0.490.2919.7 ± 5.920.124.34 ± 1.480.01121 ± 73.61.12
Shoot1.19 ± 0.900.214.510.66 ± 0.300.3618.413.1 ± 11.10.080.882.79 ± 1.640.011.2828.0 ± 13.00.271.10
Leave1.35 ± 1.580.184.430.77 ± 0.300.458.3715.2 ± 8.800.090.815.51 ± 1.950.020.61110 ± 50.71.100.28

D. linearisRoot122 ± 32.250.00.19 ± 0.090.4775.8 ± 53.00.4737.3 ± 20.90.2135.5 ± 10.80.45
Shoot18.3 ± 14.48.030.320.08 ± 0.050.247.6141.1 ± 22.20.240.388.85 ± 4.490.050.4722.1 ± 10.70.290.99
Leave33.4 ± 30.514.90.570.32 ± 0.250.820.4428.4 ± 14.20.170.5915.4 ± 6.220.090.2543.7 ± 31.50.570.59

P. calomelanosRoot469 ± 69.51690.32 ± 0.110.97430 ± 75.01.37160 ± 68.80.7892.3 ± 19.01.52
Shoot227 ± 71.81020.610.08 ± 0.030.260.2950.1 ± 15.30.160.1213.6 ± 10.90.070.1024.0 ± 2.260.400.27
Leave630 ± 27.52291.370.16 ± 0.050.480.5759.0 ± 79.00.180.1716.6 ± 4.360.080.1249.8 ± 9.260.830.55

P. vittataRoot1732 ± 299.14030.27 ± 0.260.135.98 ± 1.301.06244 ± 60.70.88188 ± 30.50.35
Shoot331 ± 75.376.20.200.13 ± 0.060.080.845.09 ± 2.370.960.8465.4 ± 18.30.190.2854.2 ± 22.20.230.65
Leave438 ± 17699.51.090.33 ± 0.280.181.496.13 ± 3.41.171.03141 ± 51.50.470.59267 ± 1251.133.18