Eichhomia crassipes

Jayaweera, M.W., Kasturiarachchia, J.C., Kularatnea, R.K.A., and Wijeyekoon, S.L.J., Contribution of water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes (Mart.) Solms) grown under different nutrient conditions to Fe-removal mechanisms in constructed wetlands, Journal of Environmental Management, 87 (3), 450-460, 2008. 

Chigbo, F.E., R.W. Smith, and F.L. Shore. 1982. Uptake of arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury from polluted waters by the water hyacinth Eichhomia crassipes. Environ. Pollut. 27A 31-36. 

Low, K.S. and C.K. Lee. 1981. Cyanide uptake by water hyacinths, Eichhomia crassipes (Mart) Solms. Pertanika 42 122-128. 

Bich, N.N. Yaziz, M.I. Bakti, N.A.K. Combination of Chlorella vulgaris and Eichhomia crassipes for wastewater nitrogen removal. Water Res. 1999, 33 (10), 2357-2362. 

Eichhomia crassipes (Mart.) Solms Elatine triandra Schkuhr Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. 

Pandey D.K., Kauraw L.P., Bhan V.M. Inhibitory effect of parthenium (Parthenium hysterophoms L.) residue on growth of water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes Mart. Solms.). J Chem Ecol 1993 19 2663-2670. 

The free floating aquatic plant, Eichhomia crassipes (MART.) Solms, the water hyacinth, is a highly prolific weed that infests many waterways in the southern USA, Africa and Asia. This plant has the ability to take up metals from solution and to reduce BOD, and has been used successfully to treat lagoon effluent and sewage waste (Wolverton and McDonald, 1979 Haider et al., 1984 Farago and Parsons, 1985 Nor, 1990). It appears to be one of the most generally tolerant plants known and can also be used to assess contamination in water (Farago et al., 1989). 

TOKI, K., SAITO, N., IIMURA, K., SUZUKI, T HONDA, T., (Delphinidin 3-gentiobiosylXapigenin 7-glucosyl) malonate from the flowers of Eichhomia crassipes. Phytochemistry, 1994,36,1181-1183. 

Alvarado, S., Guedez, M., Lue-Meru, M.P., Nelson, G., Alvaro, A., Jesus, A.C., and Gyula, Z. 2008. Arsenic removal from waters by bioremediation with the aquatic plants water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes) and lesser duckweed (Lemna minor). Bioresource Technology, 99(17) 8436 0. 

Berg, A. 1961. Role ecologique des eaux de la cuvette con-golaise sur la croissance de la jacinthe d eau [Eichhomia crassipes (Mart.) Solms], Academic Ryale des Sciences d Outre-Mer, Brussel. 12(3) 1-120. 

Roy, S. and O. Hanninen. 1994. Pentachlorophenol uptake/elimination kinetics and metabolism in an aquatic plant. Eichhomia crassipes. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 13 763-773. 

Water hyacinths Eichhomia crassipes MART So 1ms) were grown in nutrient solutions containing platinum as PtCl0 . The roots were examined using electron microscopes equipped with X-ray microanalysis facilities. Platinum deposits were detected and located within the cortical layers of the root. 

There are many notable examples of species introduced into alien ecosystems where natural predators did not exist. The water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes) in Florida, kudzu (Pueraria thunbergiana) in the southeastern United States, the star thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa) in California, and purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) in the northeastern United States are examples of these. In many of these instances, the alien plants spread widely with little to stop them. Native plants with their natural enemies were at a disadvantage compared to the introduced aliens. 

Very few studies have been carried out in Mexico on this subject. Stawinsky and Monroy (1982) analyzed samples of aquatic hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes) from the Lerma River, a first priority river, according to SEDUE. They found lead concentrations of 5.5 mg/kg dry weight. They also studied the distribution... 

Besides that, Co EMS was earlier applied for monitoring the state of cobalt(ll) in roots of water hyacinth Eichhomia crassipes [28], as well as in cells of a cyanobacterium (the blue-green alga Synechococcus vulcanus) [29] and Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli [30] and, more recendy. Azospirillum brasilense in the freeze-dried state [27,32] or in frozen aqueous suspensions (FAS) [31,32] after their contact with Co" in solution). 

Phenylphenalenones are polycyclic natnral products of the Haemodoraceae, Musaceae and StreUtziaceae. The biosynthetic pathway for 8-phenylphenalenone production in the water hyacinth Eichhomia crassipes may occur via the formation of diarylheptanoid and 9-phenyl-phenalenone as intermediates, and includes a 1,2-atyl migration reaction that may follow a mechanism similar to that ofIFS[75]. However, no P450 enzyme able to catalyze this reaction has been reported to date. 

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