Abstract
In order to evaluate the usefulness of O. javanica for the phytoremediation, it was grown for 1, 3, 7, 14, 21 days and was exposed to $50\;{\mu}M\;of\;CdCl_2$ in hydroponic medium after 3 weeks. Its biomass and contents of chlorophylls were analyzed. The growth of O. javanica showed little difference between cadmium treated and non-treated groups, while its contents of chlorophylls of Cd-treated group decreased up to 50% compared to the case of non-treated group. Its accumulated cadmium concentrations were 2.1, 7.3 and $113\;{\mu}moles\;Cd/g$ dry weight in the leaf, stem and root, respectively. The total contents of thiol increased 0.5, 1 and 7 times in the leaf, stem and root, respectively, while the contents of glutathione tended to decrease by 43%, 70% and 47% in the leaf, stem and root, respectively. Using HPLC analysis, the reasonable peaks of thiol compounds in shoot and root of Cd-treated sample were compared to those of non-treated sample in O. javanica, and found to be phytochelatins. In case of Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi tested as control plant, the cadmium treatment for 3 weeks resulted in the decrease of both biomass and chlorophyll up to 70% and 75%, respectively. The roots of tobacco became rotten and eventually died. These results suggested that Oenanthe javanica is cadmium-tolerant hyperaccumulator.(Received December 20, 1996; accepted March 17, 1997)
미나리 (O. javanica)는 오염된 하수 등에서도 매우 잘 자라는 식물체이다. 이런 미나리를 phytoremediation에 응용하기 위하여 $50\;{\mu}M$ 카드늄을 처리하여 카드늄에 대한 저항성 및 식물체에 축적된 카드늄을 정량하고 생리적, 생화학적 변화를 조사하였다. 카드늄을 처리하고 3주 뒤에 미나리는 거의 성장저해를 받지 않았으나 대조구로 사용한 담배 (N. tabacum Xanthi)는 75% 성장저해를 받았다. 미나리는 뿌리, 줄기, 잎에 건중량 1 그램당 각각 2.1, 7.3, $113\;{\mu}moles$의 카드늄을 축적하였다. 카드늄을 처리한 미나리의 경우 전체 thiol 잔기의 농도가 카드늄을 처리하지 않은 미나리에 비해 뿌리, 줄기, 잎에서 각각 0.5, 1,7배 증가하였으나 글루타치온 농도의 경우는 대조구에 비해 각각 57%, 30%, 53% 까지 감소하였다. 이를 HPLC로 조사해본 결과 증가된 thiol의 함량은 새로운 thiol 잔기를 지닌 물질의 생성으로 기인된 것이고, retention time을 기초로 이는 phytochelatin인 것으로 보여진다.