Table 1.
Impacts of several NPs on different Algal species.
| NP (size in nm) | Conc. (mg/L) | Algae species | Impacts (% increments) |
References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bio-mass | Carbo-hydrates | Lipids | ||||
| Fe (50) | 100 | T. suecica | - | - | 41.9 | Kadar et al. (2012) |
| Fe (-) | 5.1 | T. minutus | 31.73 | - | 33.58 | Pádrová et al. (2015) |
| Fe (-) | 5.1 | P. kessleri | 51 | - | 14 | Pádrová et al. (2015) |
| Fe2O3 (<30) | 5 | S. obliquus | - | - | 39.6 | He et al. (2017) |
| Fe2O3 (<50) | 20–30 | C. pyrenoidosa | 33.75 | - | 15.29 | Rana et al. (2020) |
| MgSO4 (100) | 1000 | C. vulgaris | - | - | 118.23 | Sarma et al. (2014) |
| Mg (82) | 150–200 | C. vulgaris | - | 187.5 | 393.33 | Sibi et al. (2017) |
| MgO (<50) | 40 | S. obliquus | - | - | 18.5 | He et al. (2017) |
| Cu (100) | 0.67–4 | C. vulgaris | 20 | - | - | Mykhaylenko and Zolotareva. (2017) |
| Cu (89) | 10–20 | C. vulgaris | - | 87.5 | 86.67 | Sibi et al. (2017) |
| Zn (92) | 150 | C. vulgaris | - | 36.875 | 333.33 | Sibi et al. (2017) |
| ZnO (50–70) | 0.081 | S. rubescens | - | - | 27.27 | Aravantinou et al. (2020) |
| Se (100) | 0.4–4 | C. vulgaris | 40–45 | - | - | Mykhaylenko and Zolotareva. (2017) |
| Pb (76) | 50–100 | C. vulgaris | - | 56.25 | 206.67 | Sibi et al. (2017) |
| C (<2) | 5 | S. obliquus | - | - | 8.9 | He et al. (2017) |
| SiC (25–100) | 150 | Scenedesmus. sp. | 23.53 | - | 36.46 | Ren et al. (2020) |
NP (Nanoparticle); - (data not available); Conc. (Concentrations).