The general objective of the present study is to investigate the influence of abiotic stress induced by key organic environmental pollutants (NSAIDs) on the physiological characteristics, secondary metabolites from autochthonous vegetable and to evaluate the changes that may occur in the leaf anatomy.
- Establishing of an experimental model regarding the growth of selected autochthonous vegetables treated with the selected NSAIDs
- Monitoring the foliage photosynthetic characteristics of the studied vegetables
- Monitoring the emission of volatile organic compounds from the selected vegetables
- Evaluation of the vegetables leaf anatomy
- Quantitative evaluation of the photosynthetic pigments, polyphenolic compounds, vitamin C, and determination of the antioxidant capacity of the studied vegetables
- Establishing of the analysis method for the separation, identification and quantitative evaluation of the NSAIDs using HPLC technique
- Optimization method for isolation/concentration of NSAIDs accumulated in the selected vegetables, and soil respectively
- Determination of the NSAIDs content accumulated in the treated vegetables, and soil respectively