Brassica juncea belongs to family brassicaceae and is a very important oil crop.
Mustard oil is one of the major edible oils in India. Mustard oil has also got medicinal
importance. Residual part of seeds is used as cattle feed and in fertilizer. Indian mustard
(Brassica juncea L.) is a fast growing plant which produces a high biomass even in heavy
metal polluted soils. Thus this plant might be a potential candidate for phytofiltration and
/or phytostabilization of heavy metal contaminated waste waters. So far this plant species
has been used in studies of the effects of heavy metals like cadmium