A comprehensive review on the heavy metal toxicity and sequestration in plants

R Riyazuddin, N Nisha, B Ejaz, MIR Khan, M Kumar… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Heavy metal (HM) toxicity has become a global concern in recent years and is imposing a
severe threat to the environment and human health. In the case of plants, a higher …

Cadmium stress in plants: A critical review of the effects, mechanisms, and tolerance strategies

T El Rasafi, A Oukarroum, A Haddioui… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Cadmium accumulation in crops and the possibility of Cd entering the food chain are serious
concerns for public health. This review discusses the deleterious effects of Cd in plants and …

Toxicity of heavy metals in plants and animals and their uptake by magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

AU Rehman, S Nazir, R Irshad, K Tahir… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal exist naturally in environment, but due to human and some natural activities
they have been entered to water bodies, air and soil and have become one of the major …

Lead toxicity in plants: Impacts and remediation

U Zulfiqar, M Farooq, S Hussain, M Maqsood… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) is the second most toxic heavy metal after arsenic (As), which has no role in
biological systems. Pb toxicity causes a range of damages to plants from germination to …

The application of plant growth regulators to improve phytoremediation of contaminated soils: A review

S Rostami, A Azhdarpoor - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil contamination is one of the most important environmental problems around the world.
The transfer of organic contaminants and heavy metals to the food chain is a major threat to …

Heavy-metal-induced reactive oxygen species: phytotoxicity and physicochemical changes in plants

M Shahid, B Pourrut, C Dumat, M Nadeem… - … and Toxicology Volume …, 2014 - Springer
Environmental contamination by hazardous environmental pollutants is a widespread and
increasingly serious problem confronting society, scientists, and regulators worldwide …

Lead uptake, toxicity, and detoxification in plants

B Pourrut, M Shahid, C Dumat, P Winterton… - … and toxicology volume …, 2011 - Springer
Plants are the target of a wide range of pollutants that vary in concentration, speciation, and
toxicity. Such pollutants mainly enter the plant system through the soil (Arshad et al. 2008) or …

Lead heavy metal toxicity induced changes on growth and antioxidative enzymes level in water hyacinths [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.)]

S Malar, S Shivendra Vikram, P JC Favas, V Perumal - Botanical studies, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background Lead (Pb) heavy metal pollution in water bodies is one of the serious
problems across the world. This study was designed to find out the effect of Pb toxicity on …

Minimizing adverse effects of pb on maize plants by combined treatment with jasmonic, salicylic acids and proline

MR Sofy, MF Seleiman, BA Alhammad, BM Alharbi… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lead (Pb) is a toxic heavy metal (HM) that harms plant growth and productivity.
Phytohormones, such as jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA), and osmoprotectants …

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

O Sytar, A Kumar, D Latowski, P Kuczynska… - Acta physiologiae …, 2013 - Springer
Heavy metal (HMs) contamination is widespread globally due to anthropogenic,
technogenic, and geogenic activities. The HMs exposure could lead to multiple toxic effects …