Differential alterations of antioxidant defenses as bioindicators of mercury and cadmium toxicity in alfalfa

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 946-954

  Sobrino Plata, Juan ^a,b   Ortega Villasante, Cristina ^a   Laura Flores Caceres M ^a   Escobar, Carolina ^b   Del Campo, Francisca F ^a   Hernández, Luis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Ascorbate; Cadmium; Glutathione; Mercury; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CADMIUM; METALS; MICROCOMPUTERS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEPTIDES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ALFALFA; ASCORBATE; ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT MANNERS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONES; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

MERCURY (METAL);

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BIOTHIOL; CADMIUM; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HOMOGLUTATHIONE; MERCURY; PHYTOCHELATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALFALFA; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOINDICATOR; CADMIUM; HOMEOSTASIS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); TOXICITY;

ALFALFA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; GROWTH INHIBITION; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STRESS; SHOOT; SOIL POLLUTION; UPREGULATION;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 71749085417     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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