Invasive plant-derived biochar inhibits sulfamethazine uptake by lettuce in soil

Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha; Meththika Vithanage; Jung Eun Lim; Mohamed Bedair M Ahmed; Ming Zhang; Sang Soo Lee; Yong Sik Ok

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.040

Invasive plant-derived biochar inhibits sulfamethazine uptake by lettuce in soil

Chemosphere. 2014 Sep:111:500-4. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.040. Epub 2014 May 22.

Authors

Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha¹, Meththika Vithanage², Jung Eun Lim³, Mohamed Bedair M Ahmed⁴, Ming Zhang⁵, Sang Soo Lee³, Yong Sik Ok⁶

Affiliations

¹ Korea Biochar Research Center, Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea; Chemical and Environmental Systems Modeling Research Group, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
² Chemical and Environmental Systems Modeling Research Group, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
³ Korea Biochar Research Center, Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Korea Biochar Research Center, Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea; Department of Food Toxicology and Contaminants, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.
⁵ Department of Environmental Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China.
⁶ Korea Biochar Research Center, Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea; Department of Environmental Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China; Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 24997958
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.040

Abstract

Veterinary antibiotics are frequently detected in soils posing potential contamination of food crops. Sulfamethazine (SMT) uptake was investigated by lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) grown in the soils treated with/without biochar derived from an invasive plant, burcucumber (Sicyos angulatus L.) (BBC700). Soils were contaminated with SMT at 5 and 50mgkg(-1), and treated with/without 5% BBC700 (ww(-1)). The lettuces were harvested after 5weeks of cultivation and were analyzed for SMT by a high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry after solid-phase extraction. With 5% BBC700, the uptake of SMT was reduced by 86% in the soil spiked with 5mgkg(-1) SMT compared to the control whereas a 63% reduction was observed in the soil spiked with 50mgkg(-1) SMT. Application of BBC700, into soils effectively reduced the SMT uptake by lettuce.

Keywords: Availability; Black carbon; Charcoal; Pharmaceuticals; Soil amendment; Sulfonamides.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Infective Agents / analysis
Anti-Infective Agents / metabolism*
Charcoal / chemistry*
Lactuca / chemistry
Lactuca / metabolism*
Soil / chemistry*
Soil Pollutants / analysis
Soil Pollutants / metabolism*
Sulfamethazine / analysis
Sulfamethazine / metabolism*

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents
Soil
Soil Pollutants
biochar
Charcoal
Sulfamethazine