<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">De Nicola, F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maisto, G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prati, M. V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alfani, A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leaf accumulation of trace elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Quercus ilex L.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Air Pollutants</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Air Pollutants: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aromatic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aromatic: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atomic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">biomonitoring</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cadmium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cadmium: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">chromium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chromium: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cities</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">copper</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Copper: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environmental Monitoring</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environmental Monitoring: methods</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Iron</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Iron: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Italy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">lead</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lead: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PAHs</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Leaves</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Leaves: chemistry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Polycyclic Hydrocarbons</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex L.</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spectrophotometry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trace Elements</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trace Elements: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Unwashed and washed leaves</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vanadium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vanadium: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zinc</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zinc: analysis</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17892907</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">153</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">376 - 383</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex L. leaves were collected four times in one year at six urban sites and one remote area in order to determine trace element and PAH accumulation through concomitant analyses of unwashed and water-washed leaves. Both unwashed and washed leaves showed the highest amounts of trace elements and PAHs in the urban area. Unwashed leaves showed greater differences between urban and remote areas and among the urban sites than washed leaves for trace element and PAH concentrations. Water-washing resulted in a significant (P&lt;0.001) decrease in leaf concentrations of Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, V and Zn. By contrast, Cd and total PAH concentrations showed no differences between unwashed and washed leaves.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;accession-num: 17892907</style></notes></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">De Nicola, F</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maisto, G</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prati, M V</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alfani, a</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leaf accumulation of trace elements and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Quercus ilex L.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Air Pollutants</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Air Pollutants: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aromatic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aromatic: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atomic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">biomonitoring</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cadmium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cadmium: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">chromium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chromium: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cities</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">copper</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Copper: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environmental Monitoring</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environmental Monitoring: methods</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Iron</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Iron: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Italy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">lead</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lead: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PAHs</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Leaves</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Leaves: chemistry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Polycyclic Hydrocarbons</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex L.</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spectrophotometry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trace Elements</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trace Elements: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Unwashed and washed leaves</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vanadium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vanadium: analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zinc</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zinc: analysis</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">153</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">376-383</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex L. leaves were collected four times in one year at six urban sites and one remote area in order to determine trace element and PAH accumulation through concomitant analyses of unwashed and water-washed leaves. Both unwashed and washed leaves showed the highest amounts of trace elements and PAHs in the urban area. Unwashed leaves showed greater differences between urban and remote areas and among the urban sites than washed leaves for trace element and PAH concentrations. Water-washing resulted in a significant (P&lt;0.001) decrease in leaf concentrations of Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, V and Zn. By contrast, Cd and total PAH concentrations showed no differences between unwashed and washed leaves.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17892907</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Domenech, Jordi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Orihuela, Ruben</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mir, Gisela</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molinas, Marisa</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atrian, Silvia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Capdevila, Merce</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Cd(II)-binding abilities of recombinant Quercus suber metallothionein: bridging the gap between phytochelatins and metallothioneins.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cadmium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cadmium: chemistry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cadmium–His binding</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Drug</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Glutathione</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Metabolic Detoxication</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">metallothionein</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Metallothionein: chemistry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Metallothionein: metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phytochelatins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant metallothionein</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Proteins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Proteins: chemistry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Proteins: metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Protein Binding</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Protein Conformation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Recombinant Proteins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sulfide ligands</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">yeast complementation</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">867-882</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In this work, we have analyzed both at stoichiometric and at conformational level the Cd(II)-binding features of a type 2 plant metallothionein (MT) (the cork oak, Quercus suber, QsMT). To this end four peptides, the wild-type QsMT and three constructs previously engineered to characterize its Zn(II)- and Cu(I)-binding behaviour, were heterologously produced in Escherichia coli cultures supplemented with Cd(II), and the corresponding complexes were purified up to homogeneity. The Cd(II)-binding ability of these recombinant peptides was determined through the chemical, spectroscopic and spectrometric characterization of the recovered clusters. Recombinant synthesis of the four QsMT peptides in cadmium-rich media rendered complexes with a higher metal content than those obtained from zinc-supplemented cultures and, consequently, the recovered Cd(II) species are nonisostructural to those of Zn(II). Also of interest is the fact that three out of the four peptides yielded recombinant preparations that included S(2-)-containing Cd(II) complexes as major species. Subsequently, the in vitro Zn(II)/Cd(II) replacement reactions were studied, as well as the in vitro acid denaturation and S(2-) renaturation reactions. Finally, the capacity of the four peptides for preventing cadmium deleterious effects in yeast cells was tested through complementation assays. Consideration of all the results enables us to suggest a hairpin folding model for this typical type 2 plant Cd(II)-MT complex, as well as a nonnegligible role of the spacer in the detoxification function of QsMT towards cadmium.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17503092</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Domenech, Jordi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Orihuela, Ruben</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mir, Gisela</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molinas, Marisa</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atrian, Silvia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Capdevila, Merce</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Cd(II)-binding abilities of recombinant Quercus suber metallothionein: bridging the gap between phytochelatins and metallothioneins.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cadmium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cadmium: chemistry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cadmium–His binding</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Drug</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Glutathione</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Metabolic Detoxication</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">metallothionein</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Metallothionein: chemistry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Metallothionein: metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phytochelatins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant metallothionein</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Proteins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Proteins: chemistry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plant Proteins: metabolism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Protein Binding</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Protein Conformation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Recombinant Proteins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sulfide ligands</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">yeast complementation</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17503092</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">867 - 882</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In this work, we have analyzed both at stoichiometric and at conformational level the Cd(II)-binding features of a type 2 plant metallothionein (MT) (the cork oak, Quercus suber, QsMT). To this end four peptides, the wild-type QsMT and three constructs previously engineered to characterize its Zn(II)- and Cu(I)-binding behaviour, were heterologously produced in Escherichia coli cultures supplemented with Cd(II), and the corresponding complexes were purified up to homogeneity. The Cd(II)-binding ability of these recombinant peptides was determined through the chemical, spectroscopic and spectrometric characterization of the recovered clusters. Recombinant synthesis of the four QsMT peptides in cadmium-rich media rendered complexes with a higher metal content than those obtained from zinc-supplemented cultures and, consequently, the recovered Cd(II) species are nonisostructural to those of Zn(II). Also of interest is the fact that three out of the four peptides yielded recombinant preparations that included S(2-)-containing Cd(II) complexes as major species. Subsequently, the in vitro Zn(II)/Cd(II) replacement reactions were studied, as well as the in vitro acid denaturation and S(2-) renaturation reactions. Finally, the capacity of the four peptides for preventing cadmium deleterious effects in yeast cells was tested through complementation assays. Consideration of all the results enables us to suggest a hairpin folding model for this typical type 2 plant Cd(II)-MT complex, as well as a nonnegligible role of the spacer in the detoxification function of QsMT towards cadmium.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;accession-num: 17503092</style></notes></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prasad, M N</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Freitas, H</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Removal of toxic metals from solution by leaf, stem and root phytomass of Quercus ilex L. (holly oak).</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biosorption</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cadmium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">chromium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">copper</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">desorption</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">lead</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nickel</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">phytomass</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">root</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">stem</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">110</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">277-283</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Increased consciousness for safeguarding the aqueous environment has prompted a search for alternative technologies for the removal of toxic metal ions from aqueous solutions. In this regard, a wide variety of biomass is being considered as adsorbents of heavy metals for treatment of industrial and domestic wastewaters as well as natural waters, including drinking water. In the present investigation, the potential of Quercus ilex phytomass from stem, leaf and root as an adsorbent of chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) at ambient temperature was investigated. The metal uptake capacity of the root for different metals was found to be in the order: Ni&gt;Cd&gt;Pb&gt;Cu&gt;Cr; stem Ni&gt;Pb&gt;Cu&gt;Cd&gt;Cr; and leaf Ni&gt;Cd&gt;Cu&gt;Pb&gt;Cr. The highest amount adsorbed was Ni (root&gt;leaf&gt;stem). Data from this laboratory demonstrated that Ni is sequestered mostly in the roots, where concentrations can be as high as 428.4 ng/g dry wt., when 1-year-old seedlings were treated with Ni (2000 mg/l) in pot culture experiments, compared to 7.63 ng/g dry wt., control (garden and greenhouse soil) topsoil where Ni was present in trace amounts. This proves that the root biomass of Q. ilex has the capacity for complexing Ni. Cr exhibited the least adsorption values for all the three types of phytomass compared to other metals. The trend of adsorption of the phytomass was similar for Ni and Cd, i.e. root&gt;leaf&gt;stem. Desorption with 10 mM Na(4) EDTA was effective (55-90%) and, hence, there exists the possibility of recycling the phytomass. The biosorption results of recycled phytomass suggest that the selected adsorbents are re-usable. The advantages and potential of the Q. ilex phytomass as a biofilter of toxic trace metals, the scope and need for enhancing the efficiency of the Q. ilex phytomass as an adsorbent of metals are presented.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15092842</style></accession-num></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prasad, M. N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Freitas, H.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Removal of toxic metals from solution by leaf, stem and root phytomass of Quercus ilex L. (holly oak).</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biosorption</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cadmium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">chromium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">copper</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">desorption</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">lead</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nickel</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">phytomass</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">root</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">stem</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15092842</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">110</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">277 - 283</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Increased consciousness for safeguarding the aqueous environment has prompted a search for alternative technologies for the removal of toxic metal ions from aqueous solutions. In this regard, a wide variety of biomass is being considered as adsorbents of heavy metals for treatment of industrial and domestic wastewaters as well as natural waters, including drinking water. In the present investigation, the potential of Quercus ilex phytomass from stem, leaf and root as an adsorbent of chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) at ambient temperature was investigated. The metal uptake capacity of the root for different metals was found to be in the order: Ni&gt;Cd&gt;Pb&gt;Cu&gt;Cr; stem Ni&gt;Pb&gt;Cu&gt;Cd&gt;Cr; and leaf Ni&gt;Cd&gt;Cu&gt;Pb&gt;Cr. The highest amount adsorbed was Ni (root&gt;leaf&gt;stem). Data from this laboratory demonstrated that Ni is sequestered mostly in the roots, where concentrations can be as high as 428.4 ng/g dry wt., when 1-year-old seedlings were treated with Ni (2000 mg/l) in pot culture experiments, compared to 7.63 ng/g dry wt., control (garden and greenhouse soil) topsoil where Ni was present in trace amounts. This proves that the root biomass of Q. ilex has the capacity for complexing Ni. Cr exhibited the least adsorption values for all the three types of phytomass compared to other metals. The trend of adsorption of the phytomass was similar for Ni and Cd, i.e. root&gt;leaf&gt;stem. Desorption with 10 mM Na(4) EDTA was effective (55-90%) and, hence, there exists the possibility of recycling the phytomass. The biosorption results of recycled phytomass suggest that the selected adsorbents are re-usable. The advantages and potential of the Q. ilex phytomass as a biofilter of toxic trace metals, the scope and need for enhancing the efficiency of the Q. ilex phytomass as an adsorbent of metals are presented.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;accession-num: 15092842</style></notes></record></records></xml>