Detoxifying the heavy metals: A multipronged study of tolerance strategies against heavy metals toxicity in plants

U Ejaz, SM Khan, N Khalid, Z Ahmad… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Heavy metal concentrations exceeding permissible limits threaten human life, plant life, and
all other life forms. Different natural and anthropogenic activities emit toxic heavy metals in …

Environmental sustainability and resilience in a polluted ecosystem via phytoremediation of heavy metals and plant physiological adaptations

Z Ahmad, SM Khan, SE Page, H Balzter, A Ullah… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural Ecosystems are being degraded significantly due to increasing industrial pollution.
Marble pollution is one of them. It was hypothesized that such a polluted ecosystem host …

Elucidating the phytoremediation potentials and ecophysiological mechanisms of indicator plants in the industrial polluted region

U Ejaz, SM Khan, N Khalid, S Jehangir… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The integrity of natural ecosystems, particularly in the Global South, is increasingly
compromised by industrial contaminants. Our study examines the growth of plant species …

[PDF][PDF] Vegetation classification of the margalla foothills, islamabad under the influence of edaphic factors and anthropogenic activities using modern ecological tools

M Iqbal, SM Khan, Z Ahmad, M Hussain, SN Shah… - Pak. J. Bot, 2021 - researchgate.net
Abstract The Margalla Hills falls in moist subtropical ecosystem with rich floristic diversity.
Frequent field trips were conducted to record the floristic and ecological characteristics of …

Politics of the natural vegetation to balance the hazardous level of elements in marble polluted ecosystem through phytoremediation and physiological responses

Z Ahmad, SM Khan, S Page - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The current paper evaluates the phytoremediation ability and physiological responses of
selected resistant plant species to the hazardous levels of elements in the marble waste …

Rising metals concentration in the environment: a response to effluents of leather industries in Sialkot

N Khalid, ZF Rizvi, N Yousaf, SM Khan… - Bulletin of …, 2021 - Springer
Many leather processing industries in Sialkot, Pakistan, discharge their wastes freely into the
environment which then enters nearby water bodies. Irrigation practices with these polluted …

Phyto-ecological studies and distribution pattern of plant species and communities of Dhirkot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

M Mumshad, I Ahmad, SM Khan, Abdullah, K Rehman… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Plant species represent the hierarchical expression of vegetation as it is affected by various
environmental gradients. We explored the plant species composition, distribution pattern …

Phyto-ecological analysis of Phytolacca acinosa Roxb. assemblages in Kashmir Himalaya, India

JA Magray, BA Wani, T Islam, AH Ganie… - Frontiers in Forests and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Phyto-ecological studies are essential in understanding community structure, organization
and their response to changes in other environmental factors. In this study we analyzed the …

Use of Parthenium hysterophorus with synthetic chelator for enhanced uptake of cadmium and lead from contaminated soils—a step toward better public health

U Ejaz, SM Khan, M Aqeel, N Khalid… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Parthenium hysterophorus L. is a vigorous plant species with cosmopolitan distribution. It
can uptake considerable quantities of heavy metals from the soil and accrue these metals in …

Plant species as a therapeutic resource and cultural reservoir: A case study from Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

A Ullah, R Afza, M Adnan, I Ahmad, S Gul… - Journal of Herbal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction This study assesses the traditional use of native plant species in mono-herbal
and polyherbal recipe formulations for health care in the Karak district, Southern Khyber …