Involvement of an antioxidant defense system in the adaptive response to cadmium in maize seedlings (Zea mays L.)

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 618-624

  Xu, Xianghua ^a   Liu, Cuiying ^a   Zhao, Xiaoyan ^a   Li, Renying ^a   Deng, Wenjing ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Cadmium; Glutathione; Maize seedlings; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYMES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); NETWORK SECURITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEPTIDES; SOILS;

ANTI-OXIDATIVE ENZYMES; ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSE SYSTEM; ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME; ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; GLUTATHIONES; MAIZE SEEDLINGS; SUPER OXIDE DISMUTASE;

POLLUTION;

ZEA MAYS;

ANTIOXIDANT; CADMIUM; GLUTATHIONE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ADAPTATION; CHLOROPLAST; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; CADMIUM; CHLOROPLASTS; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84919777475     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-014-1361-z     Document Type: Article

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