Zinc protects chloroplasts and associated photochemical functions in cadmium exposed Ceratophyllum demersum L., a freshwater macrophyte

Plant Science

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1321-1327

  Aravind, P ^a   Prasad, M N V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Ceratophyllum demersum; Freshwater macrophyte; HEPES; Methyl Viologen; MV; N 2 hydroxyethyl piperazine N 2 ethanesulphonic acid; Photosynthetic functions; Photosystem I; Photosystem II; Pigments; PS I; PS II; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; ENZYMES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TOXICITY; ZINC;

CHLOROPLASTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL FUNCTIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM;

EID: 1842737484     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2004.01.011     Document Type: Article

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