Heavy metal-induced oxidative damage, defense reactions, and detoxification mechanisms in plants

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 985-999

  Sytar, Oksana ^a,b   Kumar, Abhay ^a   Latowski, Dariusz ^c   Kuczynska, Paulina ^c   Strzałka, Kazimierz ^c   Prasad, M N V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Flavonoids; Heavy metals; MAPK pathway; Oxidative stress; Phenolic compounds; Phytochelatins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875225833     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-012-1169-6     Document Type: Review

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