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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2018

Assessment of filtration efficiency and physiological responses of selected plant species to indoor air pollutants (toluene and 2-ethylhexanol) under chamber conditions.

Vanessa Hörmann, Klaus-Reinhard Brenske, Christian Ulrichs

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of indoor plants on air quality: a systematic review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020
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  4. Phytoremediation for the indoor environment: a state-of-the-art review.Re/views in environmental science and bio/technology · 2023
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  5. Phytoremediation of formaldehyde by the stems of Epipremnum aureum and Rohdea japonica.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vanessa HörmannFaculty of Life Sciences, Division Urban Plant Ecophysiology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Lentzeallee 55/57, 14195, Berlin, Germany. vanessa.hoermann@hu-berlin.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1972-8814
Klaus-Reinhard BrenskeSection II 1.3 Indoor Hygiene, Health-Related Environmental Impacts, German Environment Agency, Corrensplatz 1, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
Christian UlrichsFaculty of Life Sciences, Division Urban Plant Ecophysiology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Lentzeallee 55/57, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEGerman Environment Agency · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three common plant species (Dieffenbachia maculata, Spathiphyllum wallisii, and Asparagus densiflorus) were tested against their capacity to remove the air pollutants toluene (20.0 mg m

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir Pollution, IndoorBiodegradation, EnvironmentalEnvironmental MonitoringHexanolsLilianaeToluene2-ethylhexanolAir PollutantsHexanolsTolueneAir purificationIndoor air qualityOrnamental indoor plantsPhotosynthesisVolatile organic compounds (VOC)

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PMID29043589
OpenAlexW2766061068

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