Mineral Content Of Soil And Wild Plants From Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Soil and wild plant samples were collected from different localities from the industrial Yanbu city, Saudi Arabia, and analyzed for their mineral content. Soil samples from the tested localities differed greatly and contained the highest amount of cadmium, cobalt, manganese and lead. Plant sample differed slightly and contained lower amounts of minerals than the soil samples. Heavy metal pollution of soil and plant samples is discussed according to earlier results from different places in the world.