Abstract:

Chlorophytum comosum, Agave americana Linn and Aglaonema modestum were used in this study to investigate the ability of removing formaldehyde. The results showed that three kinds of plants all had certain absorptive capacities on formaldehyde, the ability of absorbing formaldehyde declined as: Chlorophytum comosum > Agave americana Linn> Aglaonema modestum. Formaldehyde reduced chlorophyll content, but enhanced SOD activities and MDA content in three kinds of plants. The responses of chlorophyll and MDA contents to formaldehyde differed among three kinds of plants.