Phytochemical Monitoring of Some Plants Exposed to Vehicular Pollution at Badarpur Ashram Road, New Delhi, India
Asian Resonance (P: ISSN No. 0976-8602 RNI No. UPENG/2012/42622 VOL.-III, ISSUE-III, JULY-2014 E: ISSN No. 2349-9443 ) Abstract Shailendra Arora Dept of Environmental Science Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner Rajaram Choyal Dept of Environmental Science Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner The present study evaluates the relationship between air pollution stress and biochemical characteristics of selected plants such as Azadirachtaindica A.juss, PolyalthialongifoliachinensisBenth. & Hook. , DelonixregiaBoj.ex Hook., FicusreligosaLinn. Alstoniascholaris Linnconducted at Badarpur Ashram Road, New Delhi in which main traffic site was identified for the collection of leaf sample. An attempt was made to estimated biochemical changes like Ascorbic Acid, Total Chlorophyll content, pH of leaf extract, Relative water content in selected plants and air pollution tolerance index (APTI) of plants also calculated by using these four biochemical parameters....