Toxic metals and metalloids: Uptake, transport, detoxification, phytoremediation, and crop improvement for safer food

FJ Zhao, Z Tang, JJ Song, XY Huang, P Wang - Molecular plant, 2022‏ - cell.com
Agricultural soils are under threat of toxic metal/metalloid contamination from anthropogenic
activities, leading to excessive accumulation of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and …

Biological Properties of Vitamins of the B-Complex, Part 1: Vitamins B1, B2, B3, and B5

M Hrubša, T Siatka, I Nejmanová, M Vopršalová… - Nutrients, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
This review summarizes the current knowledge on essential vitamins B1, B2, B3, and B5.
These B-complex vitamins must be taken from diet, with the exception of vitamin B3, that can …

Toxic heavy metal and metalloid accumulation in crop plants and foods

S Clemens, JF Ma - Annual review of plant biology, 2016‏ - annualreviews.org
Arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury are toxic elements that are almost ubiquitously present
at low levels in the environment because of anthropogenic influences. Dietary intake of plant …

[PDF][PDF] Phenotypic Variations, Environmental Effects and Genetic Basis Analysis of Grain Elemental Concentrations in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) for Improving Human …

Y Dwiningsih, J Alkahtani - 2022‏ - preprints.org
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is primary dietary source for half of the global population that
comprising both essential nutrients and toxic heavy metal elements for human health. A …

The journey of arsenic from soil to grain in rice

S Awasthi, R Chauhan, S Srivastava… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
Arsenic (As) is a non-essential toxic metalloid whose elevated concentration in rice grains is
a serious issue both for rice yield and quality, and for human health. The rice-As interactions …

Arsenic as a food chain contaminant: mechanisms of plant uptake and metabolism and mitigation strategies

FJ Zhao, SP McGrath, AA Meharg - Annual review of plant …, 2010‏ - annualreviews.org
Arsenic (As) is an environmental and food chain contaminant. Excessive accumulation of As,
particularly inorganic arsenic (As i), in rice (Oryza sativa) poses a potential health risk to …

Geographical variations of cadmium and arsenic concentrations and arsenic speciation in Chinese rice

H Chen, Z Tang, P Wang, FJ Zhao - Environmental Pollution, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Rapid industrialization in China in recent decades has resulted in soil contamination in
some areas, raising the concern about food safety. Consumption of rice represents a major …

Long-distance transport, vacuolar sequestration, tolerance, and transcriptional responses induced by cadmium and arsenic

DG Mendoza-Cózatl, TO Jobe, F Hauser… - Current opinion in plant …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Iron, zinc, copper and manganese are essential metals for cellular enzyme functions while
cadmium, mercury and the metalloid arsenic lack any biological function. Both, essential …

Constitutive Overexpression of the OsNAS Gene Family Reveals Single-Gene Strategies for Effective Iron- and Zinc-Biofortification of Rice Endosperm

AAT Johnson, B Kyriacou, DL Callahan, L Carruthers… - PloS one, 2011‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Rice is the primary source of food for billions of people in develo** countries,
yet the commonly consumed polished grain contains insufficient levels of the key …

Methylated arsenic species in rice: geographical variation, origin, and uptake mechanisms

FJ Zhao, YG Zhu, AA Meharg - Environmental Science & …, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
Rice is a major source of inorganic arsenic (iAs) in the human diet because paddy rice is
efficient at accumulating As. Rice As speciation is dominated by iAs and dimethylarsinic acid …