Modulation of glutathione and its related enzymes in plants’ responses to toxic metals and metalloids—A review

Environmental and Experimental Botany - Tập 75 - Trang 307-324 - 2011
Naser A. Anjum1, Iqbal Ahmad1,2, Iram Mohmood1, Mário Pacheco2, Armando C. Duarte1, Eduarda Pereira1, Shahid Umar3, Altaf Ahmad3, Nafees A. Khan4, Muhammad Iqbal3, M.N.V. Prasad5
1CESAM, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
2CESAM & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
3Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Hamdard University, New Delhi 110062, India
4Department of Botany, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India
5Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India

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