Arsenic toxicity in plants: cellular and molecular mechanisms of its transport and metabolism

MA Farooq, F Islam, B Ali, U Najeeb, B Mao… - Environmental and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Arsenic (As), a naturally-occurring metalloid, is not essential for plant growth, but it
can accumulate in plants to toxic levels. As a result, it can enter the food chain and pose …

Arsenic as a food chain contaminant: mechanisms of plant uptake and metabolism and mitigation strategies

FJ Zhao, SP McGrath, AA Meharg - Annual review of plant …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Arsenic (As) is an environmental and food chain contaminant. Excessive accumulation of As,
particularly inorganic arsenic (As i), in rice (Oryza sativa) poses a potential health risk to …

Arsenic uptake, toxicity, detoxification, and speciation in plants: physiological, biochemical, and molecular aspects

G Abbas, B Murtaza, I Bibi, M Shahid, NK Niazi… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Environmental contamination with arsenic (As) is a global environmental, agricultural and
health issue due to the highly toxic and carcinogenic nature of As. Exposure of plants to As …

Molecular insight into arsenic uptake, transport, phytotoxicity, and defense responses in plants: a critical review

S Mondal, K Pramanik, SK Ghosh, P Pal, PK Ghosh… - Planta, 2022 - Springer
Main conclusion A critical investigation into arsenic uptake and transportation, its phytotoxic
effects, and defense strategies including complex signaling cascades and regulatory …

Arsenic transport and interaction with plant metabolism: Clues for improving agricultural productivity and food safety

J Zhang, A Hamza, Z Xie, S Hussain, M Brestic… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) is a ubiquitous metalloid that is highly toxic to all living organisms. When grown
in As-contaminated soils, plants may accumulate significant amounts of As in the grains or …

Arsenic uptake and metabolism in plants

FJ Zhao, JF Ma, AA Meharg, SP McGrath - New Phytologist, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Arsenic (As) is an element that is nonessential for and toxic to plants. Arsenic contamination
in the environment occurs in many regions, and, depending on environmental factors, its …

Arsenic hyperaccumulation strategies: an overview

Z Souri, N Karimi, LM Sandalio - Frontiers in cell and developmental …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Arsenic (As) pollution, which is on the increase around the world, poses a growing threat to
the environment. Phytoremediation, an important green technology, uses different strategies …

Mechanisms of arsenic assimilation by plants and countermeasures to attenuate its accumulation in crops other than rice

E Allevato, SR Stazi, R Marabottini… - … and environmental safety, 2019 - Elsevier
Arsenic is a ubiquitous metalloid in the biosphere, and its origin can be either geogenic or
anthropic. Four oxidation states (− 3, 0,+ 3 and+ 5) characterize organic and inorganic As …

Arsenic uptake and translocation in plants

N Li, J Wang, WY Song - Plant and Cell Physiology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Arsenic (As) is a highly toxic metalloid that is classified as a non-threshold class-1
carcinogen. Millions of people worldwide suffer from As toxicity due to the intake of As …

Arsenic acquisition, toxicity and tolerance in plants-From physiology to remediation: A review

AS Bali, GPS Sidhu - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Globally, environmental contamination by potentially noxious metalloids like arsenic is
becoming a critical concern to the living organisms. Arsenic is a non-essential metalloid for …