• Yogendra Kumar

Medicinal and aromatic plants are not only valuable for their therapeutic properties but also exhibit significant potential in mitigating environmental pollution. Pollution is a global problem with severe adverse impacts on the environment and human health. A variety of air pollutants releases in the environment due to several natural processes and anthropogenic activities that ultimately imposes serious threats to human health and the environment. It is the need of hour to establish sustainable and reliable approach towards monitoring and controlling of air pollution. In recent time, biomonitoring of air pollution by using plants has emerged as an effective strategy as it is environment friendly, sustainable and cost effective in comparison with traditional physico-chemical methods. Some species of higher plants are very sensitive against some particular air pollutants and exhibit peculiar responses to pollutants by showing specific symptoms. These species can be widely used for the detection and monitoring of presence or absence of air pollutants. The use of air pollution-tolerant plant species for the development of green belt has become highly popular method for remediation of air pollution. This paper aims to present the significant role of plants in biomonitoring of air pollution.

Air pollutants, biomonitoring, green belt, human health, sustainable approach

"Implication of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Mitigating Air Pollution ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 10, page no.i247-i251, October-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2310734.pdf

"Implication of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Mitigating Air Pollution ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 10, page no. ppi247-i251, October-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2310734.pdf