Naslov
Assessment of allergenic potential in urban green areas: a case study of the Ribnjak Park in Zagreb

Autori
Britvec, Mihaela ; Ljubičić, Ivica

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Knjiga sažetaka/Book of Abstracts, 7. Hrvatski botanički simpozij s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem/7th Croatian Botanical Symposium with international participation / Vuković, Nina ; Šegota, Vedran - Zagreb : Hrvatsko Botaničko Društvo, 2022, 38-39

ISBN
978-953-8097-03-4

Skup
7. hrvatski botanički simpozij

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 12.09.2022. - 14.09.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Recenziran

Ključne riječi
allergenic plants, human health, shrubs, trees, value of potential allergenicity (VPA)

Sažetak
Urban green areas have positive effects on human well-being by improving health, reducing stress, and providing the setting for leisure pursuits. They also play an important role in improving air quality, reducing noise, mitigating the impact of urban heat islands, and conserving biodiversity. However, pollen emission by higher plants during the pollination period can threat human health prompting an allergic response. Therefore, the health risks associated with allergenic plants are an important public health aspects of urban green areas. Among the different methods to evaluate the allergenicity of plants, we used the value of potential allergenicity (VPA) in this study. The allergenicity of each species was calculated according to a series of biological parameters based on data provided in literature: type of pollen emission (pe), duration of main pollination period (dpp) and allergenic potential (ap). The multiplication of these three parameters (pe, dpp and ap) gives a value of potential allergenicity (VPA) ranging from 0 to 36, defining five allergenicity classes: zero, low, moderate, high or very high. In this study, 85 taxa were analysed in Ribnjak Park in Zagreb, including 59 trees and 26 shrubs. It was found that 62 taxa (72.9%) have zero or low allergenicity, while 12 taxa (14.1%) have moderate, and 11 taxa (12.9%) high to very high allergenicity. The taxa with the highest VPA were: Betula pendula (VPA = 36), Corylus avellana, C. colurna (VPA = 24), Fraxinus americana, F. excelsior, Juglans nigra, J. regia, Juniperus chinensis, J. horizontalis and Taxus baccata (VPA = 18). This research contributed to the identification of allergenic species in urban green areas of the city of Zagreb as well as knowledge of their allergenicity. It will be necessary to perform further field research to included also herbaceous species.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Poljoprivreda (agronomija)

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