Metal tolerance in plants: Molecular and physicochemical interface determines the “not so heavy effect” of heavy metals

M Thakur, S Praveen, PR Divte, R Mitra, M Kumar… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
An increase in technological interventions and ruthless urbanization in the name of
development has deteriorated our environment over time and caused the buildup of heavy …

Catalase and ascorbate peroxidase—representative H2O2-detoxifying heme enzymes in plants

NA Anjum, P Sharma, SS Gill… - … science and pollution …, 2016 - Springer
Plants have to counteract unavoidable stress-caused anomalies such as oxidative stress to
sustain their lives and serve heterotrophic organisms including humans. Among major …

Glutathione in plants: biosynthesis and physiological role in environmental stress tolerance

M Hasanuzzaman, K Nahar, TI Anee… - Physiology and molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Glutathione (GSH; γ-glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine) is a small intracellular thiol
molecule which is considered as a strong non-enzymatic antioxidant. Glutathione regulates …

Nitric oxide modulates antioxidant defense and the methylglyoxal detoxification system and reduces salinity-induced damage of wheat seedlings

M Hasanuzzaman, MA Hossain, M Fujita - Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2011 - Springer
The present study investigates the possible regulatory role of exogenous nitric oxide (NO) in
antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal (MG) detoxification systems of wheat seedlings …

Up-regulation of antioxidant and glyoxalase systems by exogenous glycinebetaine and proline in mung bean confer tolerance to cadmium stress

MA Hossain, M Hasanuzzaman, M Fujita - Physiology and Molecular …, 2010 - Springer
The present study investigates the possible mediatory role of exogenously applied
glycinebetaine (betaine) and proline on reactive oxygen species (ROS) and methylglyoxal …

Effect of Cd on growth, physiological response, Cd subcellular distribution and chemical forms of Koelreuteria paniculata

LP Yang, J Zhu, P Wang, J Zeng, R Tan… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Koelreuteria paniculata were cultivated in nutrient solution with different concentrations of
Cd (0, 50, 150, 250 and 500 µM) and sampled after 90 days. The resistance, translocation …

Hydrogen sulfide alleviates toxic effects of arsenate in pea seedlings through up-regulation of the ascorbate–glutathione cycle: possible involvement of nitric oxide

VP Singh, S Singh, J Kumar, SM Prasad - Journal of Plant Physiology, 2015 - Elsevier
In plants, hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) is an emerging novel signaling molecule that is involved
in growth regulation and abiotic stress responses. However, little is known about its role in …

Exogenous selenium pretreatment protects rapeseed seedlings from cadmium-induced oxidative stress by upregulating antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal …

M Hasanuzzaman, MA Hossain, M Fujita - Biological Trace Element …, 2012 - Springer
The protective effect of selenium (Se) on antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal (MG)
detoxification systems was investigated in leaves of rapeseed (Brassica napus cv. BINA …

Host specificity in vascular epiphytes: a review of methodology, empirical evidence and potential mechanisms

K Wagner, G Mendieta-Leiva, G Zotz - AoB plants, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Information on the degree of host specificity is fundamental for an understanding of
the ecology of structurally dependent plants such as vascular epiphytes. Starting with the …

Plant glutathione peroxidases are functional peroxiredoxins distributed in several subcellular compartments and regulated during biotic and abiotic stresses

N Navrot, V Collin, J Gualberto, E Gelhaye… - Plant …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We provide here an exhaustive overview of the glutathione (GSH) peroxidase (Gpx) family of
poplar (Populus trichocarpa). Although these proteins were initially defined as GSH …