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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2018

Biochemical profile of non-enzymatic stress markers in the plant species "Urginea maritima" in a Mediterranean natural reserve exposed to oxidative stress.

Yara Khairallah, Tarek Houri, Bilal Osta, Dany Romanos, Georges Haddad

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Yara KhairallahDepartment of Soil, Plants and Fertilizers, Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Fanar, Metn, Lebanon. yara.khairallah@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9581-0780
Tarek HouriFaculty of Science, Department of Biology, Beirut Arab University, Tripoli campus, Tripoli, Lebanon.
Bilal OstaFaculty of Science, Department of Biology, Beirut Arab University, Tripoli campus, Tripoli, Lebanon.
Dany RomanosDepartment of Soil, Plants and Fertilizers, Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Fanar, Metn, Lebanon.
Georges HaddadFaculty of Science, Department of Biology, Lebanese University, Fanar, Metn, Lebanon.
Beirut Arab University · LBLebanese Agricultural Research Institute · LBLebanese University · LB

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Abstract

Protected areas decrease degrading natural ecosystems due to pollution such as air pollution. In 1981, the inhabitants founded Bentael natural reserve in Byblos, Lebanon, to secure their region against urbanization projects, like the recently constructed road that threatens the biodiversity of the reserve. This study was conducted to determine the oxidative stress resulting from this pollution and that menaces 360 floral species among them a rare species "Urginea maritima." In this research, the biomonitoring approach was experienced to assess the oxidative stress. Biomonitoring possesses has the advantage to be low cost and a constructive method to generate valuable data for further examinations. The studied parameters were air pollutants, ascorbic acid, photosynthetic pigments, leave's pH, relative water content, proline, carbohydrates, and hydrogen peroxide, in three chosen spots, near the pollution source (P1), opposite the latter spot (P2), and in an area relatively far from the source of contamination and which was chosen as the control site (Ctrl). The results showed in P1 detection of air pollutants higher of about 80% than in Ctrl, modifications in stress markers: increased concentration of the reactive oxygen species "hydrogen peroxide," rise in the concentration of the osmoregulator amino acid "proline," and depletion in chlorophyll content, in contrast to an increase in pheophytin. All these findings can be exploited as early diagnosis of air pollution and confirmed the ability to use such biomonitor ("Urginea maritima") as a way to assess the environmental pollution levels and consequently affirm the danger of such landscape activities on natural reserves.

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionAscorbic AcidBiomarkersChlorophyllDrimiaEcosystemEnvironmental MonitoringHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationLebanonOxidative StressPhotosynthesisPigments, BiologicalPlant LeavesWaterAir PollutantsAscorbic AcidBiomarkersChlorophyllPigments, BiologicalWaterBiomonitorOxidative stressReactive oxygen species

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