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Environ Sci Technol

Title:		"Greatly Enhanced Removal of Volatile Organic Carcinogens by a Genetically Modified Houseplant, Pothos Ivy ( Epipremnum aureum) Expressing the Mammalian Cytochrome P450 2e1 Gene"
Author(s):		Zhang L; Routsong R; Strand SE;
Address:		"Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , University of Washington , Box 355014, Seattle , Washington 98195-5014 , United States"
Journal Title:		Environ Sci Technol
Year:		2019
Volume:		20181219
Issue:		1
Page Number:		325 - 331
DOI:		10.1021/acs.est.8b04811
ISSN/ISBN:		1520-5851 (Electronic) 0013-936X (Linking)
Abstract:		"The indoor air in urban homes of developed countries is usually contaminated with significant levels of volatile organic carcinogens (VOCs), such as formaldehyde, benzene, and chloroform. There is a need for a practical, sustainable technology for the removal of VOCs in homes. Here we show that a detoxifying transgene, mammalian cytochrome P450 2e1 can be expressed in a houseplant, Epipremnum aureum, pothos ivy, and that the resulting genetically modified plant has sufficient detoxifying activity against benzene and chloroform to suggest that biofilters using transgenic plants could remove VOCs from home air at useful rates"
Keywords:		"*Air Pollutants *Air Pollution, Indoor Animals *Araceae Benzene Carcinogens Cytochrome P-450 CYP2E1 Formaldehyde *Volatile Organic Compounds;"
Notes:		"MedlineZhang, Long Routsong, Ryan Strand, Stuart E eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2018/12/20 Environ Sci Technol. 2019 Jan 2; 53(1):325-331. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b04811. Epub 2018 Dec 19"