Abdulshekur Ahmed

Researcher of Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Publications
  • Review Article   
    Phytoremediation Method for Removal of Selected Heavy Metals from Pharmaceutical Effluent
    Author(s): Abdulshekur Ahmed*

    Pharmaceutical effluents are wastes generated by pharmaceutical industries during the process of drugs manufacturing. Their risk to human health and environmental species cannot be overemphasized. Phytoremediation technologies are becoming recognized as cost- effective methods for remediating sites contaminated with toxic metals. The phytoremediation of lead, Cadmium, Nickel, Cr(VI) and Copper from pharmaceutical waste water by the Aloe vera plant cultivated in the soil can be consider as a suitable hyper-accumulator by its relatively large ratio of biomass concentration of the contaminant to soil concentrations. The algae have many features that make them ideal candidates for the selective removal and concentration of heavy metals, which include high tolerance to heavy metals, ability to grow both autotrophically and heterotrophically, large surface area/volume ratios, phototaxy, phy.. View more»

    DOI: 10.35248/2252-5211.21.11.429

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