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Mercury toxicity induces oxidative stress in growing cucumber seedlings.
Denise Cargnelutti,Luciane Almeri Tabaldi,Roselia Maria Spanevello,Gladis de Oliveira Jucoski,Vanessa Battisti,Marciel Redin,Carlos Eduardo Blanco Linares,Valderi L. Dressler,Érico Marlom de Moraes Flores,Fernando Teixeira Nicoloso,Vera Maria Morsch,Maria Rosa Chitolina Schetinger +11 more
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It is suggested that Hg induces oxidative stress in cucumber, resulting in plant injury, and isomersally significant in roots and shoot length.About:
This article is published in Chemosphere.The article was published on 2006-11-01. It has received 257 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Protein oxidation & Shoot.read more
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Heavy metals, occurrence and toxicity for plants: a review
TL;DR: In this article, the range of heavy metals, their occurrence and toxicity for plants, and their effects on the ecosystem is discussed, where the authors focus mainly on zinc, cadmium, copper, mercury, chromium, lead, arsenic, cobalt, nickel, manganese and iron.
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Heavy metals toxicity in plants: An overview on the role of glutathione and phytochelatins in heavy metal stress tolerance of plants
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of heavy metals exposure to plants and role of GSH and PCs in heavy metal stress tolerance were reviewed and genetic manipulations of both GSH levels and PC levels were presented.
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Remediation of mercury contaminated sites - A review
TL;DR: This paper describes the commonly employed and emerging techniques for mercury remediation, namely: stabilization/solidification (S/S), immobilization, vitrification, thermal desorption, nanotechnology, soil washing, electro-remediation, phytostabilization, phytoextraction and phytovolatilization.
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Metals and seeds: Biochemical and molecular implications and their significance for seed germination
Ilse Kranner,Louise Colville +1 more
TL;DR: Information is provided on metal(loid) homeostasis, detoxification and tolerance in relation to seed metabolism and performance, as well as their uptake upon seed imbibition and subsequent effects on seed germination.
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Heavy Metal Stress, Signaling, and Tolerance Due to Plant-Associated Microbes: An Overview.
Shalini Tiwari,Charu Lata +1 more
TL;DR: This review takes into account the current state of knowledge of the harmful effects of heavyMetal stress, the signaling responses to metal stress, and the role of plant-associated microbes in metal stress tolerance, and highlights the challenges and opportunities.
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A revised medium for rapid growth and bio assays with tobacco tissue cultures
Toshio Murashige,Folke Skoog +1 more
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Free radicals in biology and medicine
TL;DR: 1. Oxygen is a toxic gas - an introduction to oxygen toxicity and reactive species, and the chemistry of free radicals and related 'reactive species'
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Catalase in vitro
TL;DR: In this article, the catalytic activity of catalase has been investigated using ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometry and Titrimetric methods, which is suitable for comparative studies for large series of measurements.
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Copper enzymes in isolated chloroplasts. polyphenoloxidase in beta vulgaris
TL;DR: Evidence that a copper enzyme, polyphenoloxidase (otherwise known as tyrosinase or catecholase), is localized in the chloroplasts of spinach beet (chard), Beta vu?garis is presented.