Cerium dioxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles alter the nutritional value of soil cultivated soybean plants

Jose R Peralta-Videa; Jose A Hernandez-Viezcas; Lijuan Zhao; Baltazar Corral Diaz; Yuan Ge; John H Priester; Patricia Ann Holden; Jorge L Gardea-Torresdey

doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.03.028

Cerium dioxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles alter the nutritional value of soil cultivated soybean plants

Plant Physiol Biochem. 2014 Jul:80:128-35. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.03.028. Epub 2014 Apr 5.

Authors

Jose R Peralta-Videa¹, Jose A Hernandez-Viezcas², Lijuan Zhao², Baltazar Corral Diaz³, Yuan Ge⁴, John H Priester⁴, Patricia Ann Holden⁴, Jorge L Gardea-Torresdey⁵

Affiliations

¹ Chemistry Department, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. Univ. Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, United States; Environmental Science and Engineering PhD Program, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. Univ. Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, United States; University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), United States.
² Chemistry Department, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. Univ. Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, United States; University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), United States.
³ Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juarez, Departamento de Química y Biología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Anillo envolvente PRONAF y Estocolmo, Ciudad Juarez, Chih 32310, Mexico.
⁴ University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), United States; Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, and Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States.
⁵ Chemistry Department, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. Univ. Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, United States; Environmental Science and Engineering PhD Program, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. Univ. Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, United States; University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), United States. Electronic address: jgardea@utep.edu.

PMID: 24751400
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.03.028

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine nutrient elements in soybean (Glycine max) plants cultivated in farm soil amended with nCeO2 at 0-1000 mg kg(-1) and nZnO at 0-500 mg kg(-1). Digested samples were analyzed by ICP-OES/MS. Compared to control, pods from nCeO2 at 1000 mg kg(-1) had significantly less Ca but more P and Cu, while pods from 100 mg kg(-1)nZnO had more Zn, Mn, and Cu. Plants treated with nZnO showed significant correlations among Zn, P, and S in pods with Zn in roots. Correlations among pod Zn/root Zn was r = 0.808 (p ≤ 0.01) and pod P/root P was r = 0.541 (p ≤ 0.05). The correlation among pod S/root S was r = -0.65 (p ≤ 0.01). While nCeO2 treatments exhibited significant correlations between pod Ca/root Ca (r = 0.645, p ≤ 0.05). The data suggest that nCeO2 and nZnO alter the nutritional value of soybean, which could affect the health of plants, humans, and animals.

Keywords: Bioaccumulation; Food quality; Mineral elements; Nanoparticles; Soybean.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Calcium / metabolism
Cerium / chemistry*
Cerium / pharmacology*
Copper / metabolism
Glycine max / drug effects*
Glycine max / metabolism*
Manganese / metabolism
Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Phosphorus / metabolism
Zinc / metabolism
Zinc Oxide / chemistry*
Zinc Oxide / pharmacology*

Substances

Phosphorus
Cerium
Manganese
ceric oxide
Copper
Zinc
Zinc Oxide
Calcium