Physiological and molecular mechanisms of medicinal plants in response to cadmium stress: Current status and future perspective

P Fan, L Wu, Q Wang, Y Wang, H Luo, J Song… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Medicinal plants have a wide range of uses worldwide. However, the quality of medicinal
plants is affected by severe cadmium pollution. Cadmium can reduce photosynthetic …

Morphological and physiological responses of plants to cadmium toxicity: a review

HE Shanying, Y Xiaoe, HE Zhenli, VC Baligar - Pedosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) contamination has posed an increasing challenge to environmental quality
and food security. In recent years, phytoremediation has been particularly scrutinized …

[HTML][HTML] Nitric oxide regulates plant responses to drought, salinity, and heavy metal stress

RBS Nabi, R Tayade, A Hussain, KP Kulkarni… - Environmental and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Plants are exposed to diverse abiotic stresses like drought, heat, salinity, and high-metal
concentrations at different stages of their life cycle. As protection against stress, plants …

Unravelling cadmium toxicity and tolerance in plants: insight into regulatory mechanisms

SM Gallego, LB Pena, RA Barcia, CE Azpilicueta… - Environmental and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The occurrence of heavy metals in soils may be beneficial or toxic to the environment. The
biota may require some of these elements considered essentials (like Fe, Zn, Cu or Mo) in …

Heavy metal accumulation and signal transduction in herbaceous and woody plants: paving the way for enhancing phytoremediation efficiency

ZB Luo, J He, A Polle, H Rennenberg - Biotechnology Advances, 2016 - Elsevier
Heavy metal (HM)-accumulating herbaceous and woody plants are employed for
phytoremediation. To develop improved strategies for enhancing phytoremediation …

Polyamine and nitric oxide crosstalk: antagonistic effects on cadmium toxicity in mung bean plants through upregulating the metal detoxification, antioxidant defense …

K Nahar, M Hasanuzzaman, MM Alam… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) contamination is a serious agricultural and environmental hazard. The study
investigates cross-protection roles of putrescine (Put, 0.2 mM) and nitric oxide (sodium …

Minimising toxicity of cadmium in plants—role of plant growth regulators

M Asgher, MIR Khan, NA Anjum, NA Khan - Protoplasma, 2015 - Springer
A range of man-made activities promote the enrichment of world-wide agricultural soils with
a myriad of chemical pollutants including cadmium (Cd). Owing to its significant toxic …

Nitric oxide function in plant biology: a redox cue in deconvolution

M Yu, L Lamattina, SH Spoel, GJ Loake - New phytologist, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Nitric oxide (NO), a gaseous, redox‐active small molecule, is gradually becoming
established as a central regulator of growth, development, immunity and environmental …

Cadmium and plant development: An agony from seed to seed

M Huybrechts, A Cuypers, J Deckers, V Iven… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Anthropogenic pollution of agricultural soils with cadmium (Cd) should receive adequate
attention as Cd accumulation in crops endangers human health. When Cd is present in the …

When bad guys become good ones: the key role of reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide in the plant responses to abiotic stress

FS Farnese, PE Menezes-Silva, GS Gusman… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The natural environment of plants is composed of a complex set of abiotic stresses and their
ability to respond to these stresses is highly flexible and finely balanced through the …