Investigation on some heavy metals' accumulation (Cd, Zn, Cr, Vn) in the muscle and hepatic tissues of the Persian Jird and Mole vole
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22034/srls.2020.46488Keywords:
Biomagnification, Environmental pollution, Rodents, Shazand oil refinery factory, Markazi ProvinceAbstract
Rodents are a group of mammals that have always been considered as bio-indicators for ecosystems' health. This study has been designed to do so and to investigate the changing way of element absorption measurements like Cadmium, Vanadium, Chromium, and Zinc in the muscle and liver of Meriones persicus and Ellobius lutesence in the vicinity of the oil refinery and petrochemistry of Shazand. Totally 18 individuals from M. persicus and 15 individuals belong to the E. lutesence have been sampled, and target tissues have been taken and analyzed in the corresponding lab. Our results showed that Cadmium, Vanadium, and Chromium were highly accumulated in Persian jirds' muscle tissue and showed a tapering trend in those areas where are far from the refinery factory. Zinc has been detected in a high amount in the liver of jirds as well. Based on the distance from the oil refinery factory, Cd and Zn were detected in the muscle tissue of Mole voles and comparatively in a lower amount in the hepatic tissues.
References
Etemadi Deilami A., Mohamadi E., Slamat N. 2013. Study of Changes in the Renal and Liver (Gallinula chloropus) as an Indicator of Biosynthesis of Anzali Wetland, Physiology, Aquaculture, First Year, Number One (In Persian).
Saboohi M., Nejad korki F., Azimzade H., Alitaleshi M. 2014. Pollution with Heavy Metals in the midst of the Yazd Battery Workshops. Journal of Health & Environment, Journal of Research in Environmental Health Society of Iran, 9(1): 127-138 (In Persian).
Erfanmanesh M., Afioni M. 2011. Environmental pollution (water, soil, and air), Isfahan University of Technology publishing house, Iran, Isfahan.
Alipor Asad Abadi Z. 2016. Hydrocarbon pollution of oil and heavy metals in soils of five refineries of the country, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Research 1: 274.
Mosavi M. 2006. Determination of Zinc, copper, lead and Cadmium levels in different tissues of brown mice and investigation of lead and cadmium contamination in the northern city. Bimonthly Scientific Journals of Daneshvar University of medical sciences, 1(62): 12-2 (in Persian)
Nadri M. Farashi A., Markov G. 2017. Exploring Contents of Lead and Cadmium in Tissues
of Fat Dormouse Glis glis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Rodentia: Gliridae) for Use in Monitoring of Environmental Pollutants in the Southern Caspian Coast Forests, Iran, Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 69 (1): 61-64
Nadri M., Danesh shahraki A., Nadri R. 2012. A review of heavy metals contaminated soils. Philosophy of Man and the Environment, No. 23 (In Persian)
Carral E., Puente X., Villares R., Carballeira A. 1995. Background heavy metal sediments and organisms in Galicia (northwest Spain) as determined by modal analysis levels in estuarine. Science of the Total Environment 172: 175–188.
Damek-Poprawa M., Sawicka-Kapusta K. 2004. Histopathological changes in the liver, kidneys, and testes of bank voles are environmentally exposed to heavy metal emissions from the steelworks and zinc smelter in Poland. Environmental Research 96(1): 72-78.
Michael F., Hughes L, 2002. Arsenic toxicity and potential mechanisms of action. Toxicological Letters, 133: 1-16.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2020 Scientific Reports in Life Sciences
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The journal is licensed under an 