Molecular Spectroscopic Study of Water Hyacinth Collected from Different Media

This study was conducted to evaluate the elemental as well as molecular structure of water hyacinth. Samples were collected from three drainage of wastewater, municipal and agricultural pollution. X-Ray Fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) results show that the concentration of metals and metal oxides are higher in plant root than in plant shoot. The highest concentration of Pb has been detected in the root which collected from the municipal wastewater drainage while the plant root of the agriculture wastewater has the highest concentration of metal oxides. Fourier Transformation Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to study the molecular structure of the plant. Results suggested a role for metal oxides in controlling organic acids in plants. Furthermore, the plant could uptake metals from water which transfer carboxyl group around 1740 cm-1 into metal carboxylate around 1640 cm-1