Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-induced mitigation of heavy metal phytotoxicity in metal contaminated soils: A critical review

M Riaz, M Kamran, Y Fang, Q Wang, H Cao… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The heavy metal pollution is a worldwide problem and has received a serious concern for
the ecosystem and human health. In the last decade, remediation of the agricultural polluted …

Lead toxicity in plants: Impacts and remediation

U Zulfiqar, M Farooq, S Hussain, M Maqsood… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) is the second most toxic heavy metal after arsenic (As), which has no role in
biological systems. Pb toxicity causes a range of damages to plants from germination to …

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles potentially regulate the mechanism (s) for photosynthetic attributes, genotoxicity, antioxidants defense machinery, and phytochelatins …

D Kumar, OP Dhankher, RD Tripathi, CS Seth - Journal of hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (VI) is one of the hazardous heavy metal, heavily discharged into the soil and
severely hampers the plants yield. The TiO 2 NPs was selected due to its potential to …

Effect of heavy metal stress on phenolic compounds accumulation in winter wheat plants

M Jańczak-Pieniążek, J Cichoński, P Michalik… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Heavy metal stress can lead to many adverse effects that inhibit cellular processes at
various levels of metabolism, causing a decrease in plant productivity. In response to …

Cadmium bioavailability, uptake, toxicity and detoxification in soil-plant system

M Shahid, C Dumat, S Khalid, NK Niazi… - … and toxicology volume …, 2017 - Springer
This review summarizes the findings of the most recent studies, published from 2000 to
2016, which focus on the biogeochemical behavior of Cd in soil-plant systems and its impact …

Heavy-metal-induced reactive oxygen species: phytotoxicity and physicochemical changes in plants

M Shahid, B Pourrut, C Dumat, M Nadeem… - … and Toxicology Volume …, 2014 - Springer
Environmental contamination by hazardous environmental pollutants is a widespread and
increasingly serious problem confronting society, scientists, and regulators worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Nickel, cadmium and lead phytotoxicity and potential of halophytic plants in heavy metal extraction

T Amari, T Ghnaya, C Abdelly - South African Journal of Botany, 2017 - Elsevier
Among heavy metals, nickel, cadmium and lead have received a particular attention not only
as potent hazards to human health but also given their constant increase in the environment …

Toxicity and detoxification of heavy metals during plant growth and metabolism

S Dubey, M Shri, A Gupta, V Rani… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2018 - Springer
Pollution of plants by heavy metals is a critical health issue because metals can be
transmitted to animals and humans. Heavy metal exposure induces an oxidative stress in …

Lead uptake, toxicity, and detoxification in plants

B Pourrut, M Shahid, C Dumat, P Winterton… - … and toxicology volume …, 2011 - Springer
Plants are the target of a wide range of pollutants that vary in concentration, speciation, and
toxicity. Such pollutants mainly enter the plant system through the soil (Arshad et al. 2008) or …

Micro and nanoplastics pollution: Sources, distribution, uptake in plants, toxicological effects, and innovative remediation strategies for environmental sustainability

D Kumar, JK Biswas, SI Mulla, R Singh… - Plant Physiology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs), are minute particles resulting from plastic
fragmentation, have raised concerns due to their widespread presence in the environment …