Cadmium toxicity in plants

Salicylic Acid Protects Photosynthesis against Cadmium Toxicity in Pea Plants

In the present study we have investigated the possible mediatory role of salicylic acid (SA) in protecting photosynthesis against cadmium (Cd) toxicity. The exposure of pea plants to increasing Cd concentrations (0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 5.0 µM) during early stages of their establishment caused a gradual decrease in shoot and root fresh weight accumulation, the rate of CO 2 fixation and the activity o...

Cadmium Toxicity in Glutathione Mutants

Liver and Cadmium Toxicity

Cadmium (Cd) is an important industrial and environmental toxicant with many industrial applications. Cd emissions to the atmospheric, aquatic, and terrestrial environment have increased during the last century. Since Cd is not degraded in the environment, the risk of human exposure is constantly increased due to Cd also enters to the food chain [1]. Humans are generally exposed to Cd by two ma...

Cadmium Toxicity and Treatment

Cadmium is a heavy metal of considerable toxicity with destructive impact on most organ systems. It is widely distributed in humans, the chief sources of contamination being cigarette smoke, welding, and contaminated food and beverages. Toxic impacts are discussed and appear to be proportional to body burden of cadmium. Detoxification of cadmium with EDTA and other chelators is possible and has...

Cadmium Toxicity in Plants and Role of Mineral Nutrients in Its Alleviation

Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic heavy metal that enters the environment through various anthropogenic sources, and inhibits plant growth and development. Cadmium toxicity may result from disturbance in plant metabolism as a consequence of disturbance in the uptake and translocation of mineral nutrients. Plant nutrients and Cd compete for the same transporters and, therefore, presence of Cd results in m...