Heavy metal accumulation in rice and aquatic plants used as human food: A general review

MM Uddin, MCM Zakeel, JS Zavahir, FMMT Marikar… - Toxics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aquatic ecosystems are contaminated with heavy metals by natural and anthropogenic
sources. Whilst some heavy metals are necessary for plants as micronutrients, others can be …

The fate of secondary metabolites in plants growing on Cd-, As-, and Pb-contaminated soils—a comprehensive review

MO Asare, J Száková, P Tlustoš - Environmental science and pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The study used scattered literature to summarize the effects of excess Cd, As, and Pb from
contaminated soils on plant secondary metabolites/bioactive compounds (non-nutrient …

[HTML][HTML] The detrimental effects of lead on human and animal health

MA Assi, MNM Hezmee, MYM Sabri, MA Rajion - Veterinary world, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lead, a chemical element in the carbon group with symbol Pb (from Latin: Plumbum,
meaning “the liquid silver”) and has an atomic number 82 in the periodic table. It was the first …

Plant-lead interactions: transport, toxicity, tolerance, and detoxification mechanisms

A Kumar, MNV Prasad - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2018 - Elsevier
Natural and human activities introduced an excess level of toxic lead (Pb) to the
environment. Pb has no known biological significance and its interactions with plants lead to …

Physiological and antioxidative responses of medicinal plants exposed to heavy metals stress

M Maleki, M Ghorbanpour, K Kariman - Plant gene, 2017 - Elsevier
Soil heavy metal contamination is a widespread phenomenon that occurs naturally or as a
result of anthropogenic activities such as mining, smelting, fossil fuel combustion and …

Hydrogen Sulfide Regulates Salt Tolerance in Rice by Maintaining Na+/K+ Balance, Mineral Homeostasis and Oxidative Metabolism Under Excessive Salt Stress

MG Mostofa, D Saegusa, M Fujita… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Being a salt sensitive crop, rice growth and development are frequently affected by soil
salinity. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been recently explored as an important priming agent …

Hydrogen peroxide, signaling in disguise during metal phytotoxicity

A Cuypers, S Hendrix, R Amaral dos Reis… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Plants exposed to excess metals are challenged by an increased generation of reactive
oxygen species (ROS) such as superoxide (O 2•-), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and the …

Heavy metal phytoextraction potential of native weeds and grasses from endocrine-disrupting chemicals rich complex distillery sludge and their histological …

R Chandra, V Kumar, S Tripathi, P Sharma - Ecological Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Sugarcane-molasses based distillery waste is a threat to environment for its safe disposal
due to complexation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) containing mixture of organic …

Role of proline and glycine betaine in overcoming abiotic stresses

M Dikilitas, E Simsek… - … chemical agents in the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental and abiotic stresses such as drought, waterlogging, chilling, salinity, high
temperatures, pollutions resulting from the use of pesticides and fertilizers, etc., have gained …

The use of comet assay in plant toxicology: recent advances

CLV Santos, B Pourrut… - Frontiers in Genetics, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The systematic study of genotoxicity in plants induced by contaminants and other stress
agents has been hindered to date by the lack of reliable and robust biomarkers. The comet …