Phytoremediation and ethnomedicinal potential of Buddleja, Eremophila, Scrophularia, and Verbascum genera belonging to the Scrophulariaceae family: a review
Abstract A number of species have developed detoxification strategies that allow them to accumulate high amounts of heavy metals in their tissues and grow despite a high heavy metal (HM) concentration in soils.Thus, they are considered hyperaccumulator or accumulator species, attractive for phytoremediation purposes.Families reported to contain a h