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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Stress Effects of Allelopathic Aqueous Extracts
in Artemisia argyi on Microcystis aeruginosa
1
College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University, Puzhu Road 30, Nanjing 211816, China
2
Suzhou Hydrology and Water Resources Investigation Bureau of Jiangsu Province, Fengyun Road 188, Suzhou215009,
P. R. China
Submission date: 2024-05-31
Final revision date: 2024-07-28
Acceptance date: 2024-08-23
Online publication date: 2024-10-21
Publication date: 2025-11-04
Corresponding author
Ting Xia
College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University, Puzhu Road 30, Nanjing 211816, China
College of Urban Construction, Nanjing Tech University, Puzhu Road 30, Nanjing 211816, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(6):6869-6882
KEYWORDS
allelochemicalaquatic toxicologyArtemisia argyi (A. argyi)inhibitory mechanismsMicrocystis aeruginosa (M. aeruginosa)
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
The overgrowth of Microcystis aeruginosa (M. aeruginosa) often causes serious harm to the surface
water environment. In recent years, allelopathic substances extracted from plants have been discovered
to have inhibitory effects on algae growth. However, there is a scarcity of current studies on allelopathic
extracts from terrestrial Asteraceae plants. This study investigated the inhibitory effect of Artemisia
argyi (A. argyi) aqueous extract on the growth of M. aeruginosa. Gas chromatography-mass
spectrometry was utilized to analyze the contents of A. argyi aqueous extracts, and their inhibitory
effects and mechanisms were analyzed by measuring a series of indicators in algal cells. Results showed
that terpenoids have the highest content in the A. argyi aqueous extract. Algal cells experienced severe
oxidative damage and antioxidant reactions under the influence of A. argyi aqueous extracts, resulting
in reduced photosynthetic capacity, enhanced membrane permeability, and intracellular fluid outflow.
Furthermore, ecotoxicity experiments involving zebrafish and Vallisneria natans as experimental
subjects demonstrated that A. argyi aqueous extract has good ecological safety. Therefore, A. argyi
aqueous extracts can serve as a novel environmentally friendly algae inhibitor with potential practical
applications for algae inhibition purposes.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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