EFFECT OF PAPER MILL INDUSTRY EFFLUENT ON CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS

摘要

The effect of Pragati Paper Mill Industry Pvt. Ltd. Site 4, Sahibabad, U.P, on Chlorophyll content of some medicinal plants such as Calotropis procera R. Br. and Solatium xanthocarpum Schard & Wendl. were studied. The Chlorophyll content showed a decreasing trend in the selected plants growing around the industry, under the impact of paper mill effluent as compared to plant irrigated with normal water. The effluent was found to be acidic in natrue (pH 3.6) with higher B.O.D. & C.O.D.