Unexpectedly high antibacterial ability of water in copper pot with tiny amount of plant leaves.

Min Zhang, Zhening Fang, Jun Wang, Rui Ding, Haiping Fang, Ruoyang Chen

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Article in Water research X, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Min ZhangSchool of Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.

Zhening FangCenter for Transformative Science, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China.

Jun WangSchool of Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.

Rui DingSchool of Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.

Haiping FangSchool of Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.

Ruoyang ChenSchool of Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.

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Abstract

Water disinfection by copper vessels has been prevalent over thousands of years. Unfortunately, people are still suffering from the bacterial pollution in drinking water. Here we show that, only through steeping with tiny amounts of common plant leaves, the room-temperature water in copper pots has unexpectedly high antibacterial ability. Remarkably, copper ions released from copper pots into water are in concentrations lower than the WHO safety threshold for drinking water, and have effective antibacterial ability when water contains specific leave components (polyphenols and/or lignin). Our computations show that the key to enhance antibacterial ability is the great increase in the proportion of Cu

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Copper potHigh antibacterial abilityMonovalent copper ionsPlant leaves

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PMID39155948

DOI10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100238

PMCPMC11327398

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