Environmental contamination by hazardous environmental pollutants is a widespread and
increasingly serious problem confronting society, scientists, and regulators worldwide …

Oxidative stress is a pathological process related to not only animal kingdom but also plants.
Regarding oxidative stress in plants, heavy metals are frequently discussed as causative …

Heavy metal (HMs) contamination is widespread globally due to anthropogenic,
technogenic, and geogenic activities. The HMs exposure could lead to multiple toxic effects …

There are 110 elements in the periodic table with the elements from 104 to 110 being of
somewhat recent discovery (www. sdfine. com). Of these chemical elements, metals make …

Heavy metal contamination in soils is a major environmental concern that affects large areas
worldwide. Agricultural practices have been the main source of heavy metals in soil such as …

Heavy metals (HMs) are natural components of the Earth's crust and are usually present in
all environmental matrices. However, the concentration of several HMs has increased …

Metal contamination issues are becoming increasingly common in India and elsewhere, with
many documented cases of metal toxicity in mining industries, foundries, smelters, coal …

Heavy metal toxicity is one of the major abiotic stresses leading to hazardous health effects
in animals and plants. Because of their high reactivity they can directly influence growth …

Pollution of the environment with the toxic heavy metals has become one of the major
causes for worry for human health in both emerging and advanced countries. Metal …

Most of the agricultural soils around the world are contaminated with heavy metals like
cadmium, arsenic, mercury, lead, chromium, and many more. High concentration of heavy …