Growth and antioxidant responses in Jatropha curcas seedling exposed to mercury toxicity

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 591-597

  Gao, Shun ^a   Ou yang, Chao ^a   Tang, Lin ^a   Zhu, Jin Qiu ^b   Xu, Ying ^a   Wang, Sheng Hua ^a   Chen, Fang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensive mechanism of plant; In vitro embryo culture; Mercury toxicity; ROS scavenging enzymes

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIVE MECHANISM; EMBRYO CULTURE; IN-VITRO; MERCURY TOXICITY; SCAVENGING ENZYMES;

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYMES; OXYGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; TOXICITY;

MERCURY (METAL);

CATALASE; ISOENZYME; MERCURY; PEROXIDASE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVERGREEN TREE; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT DEFENSE; RADICAL; SEEDLING; TOXICITY;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; SEEDLING;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOMASS; CATALASE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; JATROPHA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY; PEROXIDASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 77955561312     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.06.073     Document Type: Article

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