미나리 (O. javanica)는 오염된 하수 등에서도 매우 잘 자라는 식물체이다. 이런 미나리를 phytoremediation에 응용하기 위하여 $50;{mu}M$ 카드늄을 처리하여 카드늄에 대한 저항성 및 식물체에 축적된 카드늄을 정량하고 생리적, 생화학적 변화를 조사하였다. 카드늄을 처리하고 3주 뒤에 미나리는 거의 성장저해를 받지 않았으나 대조구로 사용한 담배 (N. tabacum Xanthi)는 75% 성장저해를 받았다. 미나리는 뿌리, 줄기, 잎에 건중량 1 그램당 각각 2.1, 7.3, $113;{mu}moles$의 카드늄을 축적하였다. 카드늄을 처리한 미나리의 경우 전체 thiol 잔기의 농도가 카드늄을 처리하지 않은 미나리에 비해 뿌리, 줄기, 잎에서 각각 0.5, 1,7배 증가하였으나 글루타치온 농도의 경우는 대조구에 비해 각각 57%, 30%, 53% 까지 감소하였다. 이를 HPLC로 조사해본 결과 증가된 thiol의 함량은 새로운 thiol 잔기를 지닌 물질의 생성으로 기인된 것이고, retention time을 기초로 이는 phytochelatin인 것으로 보여진다.
In order to evaluate the usefulness of O. javanica for the phytoremediation, it was grown for 1, 3, 7, 14, 21 days and was exposed to $50;{mu}M;of;CdCl_2$ in hydroponic medium after 3 weeks. Its biomass and contents of chlorophylls were analyzed. The growth of O. javanica showed little difference between cadmium treated and non-treated groups, while its contents of chlorophylls of Cd-treated group decreased up to 50% compared to the case of non-treated group. Its accumulated cadmium concentrations were 2.1, 7.3 and $113;{mu}moles;Cd/g$ dry weight in the leaf, stem and root, respectively. The total contents of thiol increased 0.5, 1 and 7 times in the leaf, stem and root, respectively, while the contents of glutathione tended to decrease by 43%, 70% and 47% in the leaf, stem and root, respectively. Using HPLC analysis, the reasonable peaks of thiol compounds in shoot and root of Cd-treated sample were compared to those of non-treated sample in O. javanica, and found to be phytochelatins. In case of Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi tested as control plant, the cadmium treatment for 3 weeks resulted in the decrease of both biomass and chlorophyll up to 70% and 75%, respectively. The roots of tobacco became rotten and eventually died. These results suggested that Oenanthe javanica is cadmium-tolerant hyperaccumulator.(Received December 20, 1996; accepted March 17, 1997)
