A scientific study at the College of Science at the University of Basrah, prepared by Dr. Makiya Muhalhal Khalaf, in cooperation with Dr. Hamza Abdul-Hassan Kazem and Dr. Hamed Taleb Al-Saad at the College of Marine Sciences examined polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in some plant species in the oil field in West Qurna, southern Iraq.
The study, which was published in the "Jordan Journal of Biological Science" and classified within Scopus Q2 containers, showed the collection of samples from some types of terrestrial plants in three stations in the West Qurna oil field during the period from January 2018 to December 2018.
The results of the study reached to determine the levels of components of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the types of oil field plants by extracting and counting the aromatic components of the plants.
