Pesticides are known for their high persistence and pervasiveness in the environment, and
along with products of their biotransformation, they may remain in and interact with the …

Herbicide safeners are agricultural chemicals that protect crops from herbicide injury and
improve the safety of herbicides and the effectiveness of weed control. Safeners induce and …

The purpose of modern industrial herbicides is to control weeds. The species of weeds that
plague crops today are a consequence of the historical past, being related to the history of …

Plants are frequently exposed to natural and synthetic toxins such as heavy metals,
allelochemicals, organic pollutants, and pesticides. Consequently, plants must mount …

Several grass and broadleaf weed species around the world have evolved multiple-
herbicide resistance at alarmingly increasing rates. Research on the biochemical and …

This review is the continuation of three previously published articles [Jorrin JV, Maldonado
AM, Castillejo MA. Plant proteome analysis: a 2006 update. Proteomics 2007; 7: 2947 …

Herbicide safeners, highly effective antidotes, find widespread application in fields for
alleviating the phytotoxicity of herbicides to crops. Designing new herbicide safeners …

Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are well-known enzymes due to their role in detoxification
of xenobiotic compounds. However, their biochemical action is still not so clear in imparting …

Melatonin is a well-known animal hormone with relevant and multiple cellular and hormonal
roles. Its discovery in plants in 1995 has led to a great diversity of molecular and …

P-glycoproteins (p-gps) are ubiquitous membrane proteins from the ABC (ATP-binding
cassette) family. They have been found in many animals, bacteria, plants and fungi and are …