Is it safe to isolate important metabolites from medicinal plants grown in metal contaminated soil? I am checking the effect of metals on plant growth, morphology biochemical variation, and important metabolite production
There are better plants than others, do you mean medical? A. Thaliana is a good plant for it, however it would be difficult to make a judgement, (not necessarily terrible, but I do think there are better than others). I supose I have to include there are better than others. Plants that grow on acid soil are an "example".The amount are small, you could still try for plant biotechnology (phytomining)