ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS AND HEAVY METALS IN EFFLUENTS FROM ODOGUNYAN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LAGOS, NIGERIA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33003/fjs-2020-0404-475Keywords:
Water, pollution, textile industries, industrial wastes, Atomic Absorption SpectroscopyAbstract
The impact of the industrial effluents from Odogunyan industrial estate on the environment was assessed by determination of some physicochemical characteristics of the effluent samples and comparison with discharged standards to ascertain the efficiency of industries’ wastewater treatment process. The physicochemical parameters were evaluated by conventional methods while heavy metals in the effluent samples were analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). The results for all the effluents revealed that temperature was in the range of 32- 35 ; Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) 43-86.7 mg/L; Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) 492-888 mg/L; Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) 1667-13333 mg/L; Total Suspended Solids (TSS) 350-1000 mg/L; Total Solids (TS) 3350-14333 mg/L; Electrical Conductivity 166.5-12390 μS/cm; Total Acidity (TA) 12-60 mg/L and total hardness 24-56 mg/L. The AAS analysis results showed the average metal levels in mg/L as 0.7-1.15, 0.05-0.44, 2.0-45.0, 0.01 and 0.03-0.17 for Zn, Cu, Fe, Cd and Cr respectively. Thus, there is a need for proper remedial measures of the effluents before their discharge into the water bodies
References
Adoum, O. A. (2008). Determination of toxicity effects of some savannah plants using brine shrimp test (BST). International Journal of Pharmaceutical Application. Sci., 2(3):1-5.
Al-Snafi, A. E. (2013). Chemical constituents and pharmacological activities of Milfoil (Achillea santolina): A Review. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Technology Research, 5(3): 1373-1377.
Al-Snafi, A. E. (2015). The pharmacological and therapeutic importance of Agrimonia eupatoria: A Review. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, 5(2): 112-117.
Al-Snafi, A. E. (2015). Chemical constituents and pharmacological importance of Agropyron repens: A Review. Research Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1(2): 37-41.
Al-Snafi, A. E. (2016). Adonis aestivalis: pharmacological and toxicological activities- A review. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, 6(2): 96-102.
Amaechina, F. C. and Omogbai, E. K. I. (2007). Hypotensive effect of aqueous extract of the leaves of Phyllanthus amarus Schum and Thonn (Euphorbiaceae). Acta Polonia Pharmaceutica – Drug Research, 64: 547-552.
Breithaupt-Grögler, K., Ling, M. and Boudoulas, H. (1997). Protective effect of chronic garlic intake on elastic properties of aorta in the elderly. Circulation, 96: 2649–55.
Chang, W. T., Dao, J. and Shao, Z. H. (2005). Hawthorn: potential roles in cardiovascular disease. American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 33:1–10.
Desai, H. K., Gawad, D. H., Govindachari, T. R., Joshi, B. S., Kamat, V. N. and Modi, J. D. (1971). Chemical Investigation of some Indian plants, Indian Journal of Chemistry. 9: 611-613
Fafioye, O. O. (2005). Plants with piscicidal activities in South-western Nigeria. Turkish Journal of Fish Aquatic Science, 5; 91-97.
Gouda, Y. G., Abdel-baky, A. M., Darwish, F. M., Mohammed, K. M., Kasaim, R. and Yamasaki, K. (2003) Iridoids from Kigelia pinnata DC. Fruits. Phytochemistry, 63(8):887-92
Grace, O. M., Light, M. E., Lindsey, K. I., Mulholland, D. A., van, Staden, J. and Jager, A. K. (2002) Antibacterial activity and isolation of active compounds from fruit of the traditional African medicinal tree Kigelia africana, South African Journal Botany, 68 (1); 220-222.
Han, X., Kubota, I., Feron. O., Opel, D. J., Arstall, M. A., Zhao, Y. Y., Huang, P., Fishman, M. C., Michel, T. and Kelly, R. A. (1998). Muscarinic cholinergic regulation of cardiac myocyte ICa-L is absent in mice with targeted disruption of endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Proceedings of National Academy of Science, USA. 95: 6510-6515.
Hanf, R., Li, Y., Szabo, G. and Fischmeister, R. (1993). Agonist-independent effects of muscarinic antagonists on Ca2+ and K+ currents in frog and rat cardiac cells. Journal of. Physiology, 461: 743-765.
Hartley, L., Flowers, N. and Holmes, J. (2013). Green and black tea for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Cochrane Database Systematic Review. 6:CD009934.
Hussain, H., Krohn, K., Ahmad, U. V., Miana, G. A. and Green, I. R. (2007) Lapachol: An overview, Arkivoc., 2:145-171.
Houghton, P. J., Photiou, A., Uddin, S., Shah, P., Browning. M., Jackson, S. J. and Retsas, S. (1994) Activity of extracts of Kigelia pinnata against melanoma and renal carcinoma cell lines. Planta Medica, 60(5): 430-433.
Houghton, P. J. (2007) The sausage tree (Kigelia pinnata), Ethnobotany and recent scientific work. African Botanicals. 1-10.
Jurevièius, J. and Fischmeister, R. (1996). Acetylcholine inhibits Ca2+ current by acting exclusively at a site proximal to adenylyl cyclase in frog cardiac myocytes. Journal of. Physiology. 491: 669-675.
Kolodziej, H. (1997) Protective role of Kigelia africana fruits against benzo(a)pyreneinduced fore-stomach tumourigenesis in mice and against albumen-induced inflammation in rats. Pharm. Pharmacol Lett., 7(2/3): 67-70.
Owolabi, O. J. and Omogbai, E. K. I. (2007). Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of the ethanolic stem bark extract of Kigelia africana (Bignoniaceae). African Journal of Biotechnology, 6(5): 582-85.
Olaleye, M. T and Rocha, J. B. (2007). Commonly used medicinal plants exhibit distinct in-vitro antioxidant activities against hepatotoxins in rat liver. Experimental Toxicology and Pathology, 58(6): 433-8.
Rahman, K. and Lowe, G. M. (2006). Garlic and cardiovascular disease: a critical review. Journal of Nutrition., 136: 736S–40S.
Taddel, A. and Rosas R. A. J. (2000): Bioactivity studies of extracts from Tridax procumbens. Phytomedicine, 7: 3235-8.
Saini, S., Kaur, H., Verma, B. and Ripudaman, S. S. (2009) Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. An overview. Natural Product Radiance, 8(2): 190-97.
Udopa, S. L., Udopa, A. L. and Lalkarni, D. R. (1991): Influence of Tridax procumbens on lysl oxidase activity and wound healing. Planta Medica 57: 4, 325-7.
Zhang, C., Qin, Y. Y. and Wei, X. (2015). Tea consumption and risk of cardiovascular outcomes and total mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies. European Journal of Epidemiology, 30: 103–13.
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
FUDMA Journal of Sciences
