| Reference | Plant species | Plant uptake concentration (mg/kg) | TF | BCF | Chelator concentration |
| Doumett et al. [7] | Paulownia tomentosa | Root, shoot: Cu: 570, 46 Zn: 750, 149 Pb: 750, 149 | Cu: 0.08 Zn: 0.2 Pb: 0.1 | Cu: 0.27 Zn: 0.16 Pb: 0.06 | EDTA 5 mmol/kg |
| Epelde et al. [8] | Cynara cardunculus | Root, shoot: Pb: EDDS (4165, 310) EDTA (6695, 1332) | EDDS: 0.02 EDTA: 0.20 | EDDS: 0.83 EDTA: 1.34 | EDDS 10 mmol/kg EDTA 10 mmol/kg |
| Sun et al. [9] | Sedum alfredii | Root, stem, leaf, shoot: Cu: CA (32, 10, 11, 11) EDTA (25, 12, 12, 12) Pb: CA (39, 18, 18, 18) EDTA (68, 39, 43, 40) Zn: CA (680, 2000, 1950, 1930) EDTA (380, 2030, 2000, 2030) | Cu: CA (0.03) EDTA (0.57) Zn: CA (2.88) EDTA (5.34) Pb: CA (0.45) EDTA (0.61) | Cu: CA (0.03) EDTA (0.57) Zn: CA (12.6) EDTA (10.8) Pb: CA (0.29) EDTA (0.7) | Citric acid 5 mmol/kg EDTA 5 mmol/kg |
| Li et al. (2009) | Vetiveria zizanioides | Root, shoot: Zn: 150, 82 | Zn: 0.55 | Zn: 0.85 | EDTA 0.8 mmol/kg |
| This study | Vetiveria zizanioides | Root, stem, leaf: Cu: EDDS (1818, 1459, 361) CA (926, 56, 15) EDTA (2080, 954, 86) Zn: EDDS (16388, 12412, 12036) CA (14444, 12420, 10821) EDTA (12899, 9891, 12552) Pb: EDDS (4343, 280, 197) CA (4914, 388, 103) EDTA (4632, 1878, 340) | Cu: EDDS (0.51) CA (0.04) EDTA (0.25) Zn: EDDS (0.7) CA (0.82) EDTA (0.86) Pb: EDDS (0.06) CA (0.05) EDTA (0.24) | Cu: EDDS (1.97) CA (0.88) EDTA (2.22) Zn: EDDS (1.95) CA (1.67) EDTA (1.5) Pb: EDDS (0.63) CA (0.67) EDTA (0.58) | EDDS 5 mmol/kg Citric acid 5 mmol/kg EDTA 5 mmol/kg |
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