| Autor: | J.A.C. Verkley, J.J.M. Bedaux, F. E. C. Sneller, W. M. Ten Bookum, Henk Schat, E.C.M. Noordover |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Cadmium
biology Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis food and beverages chemistry.chemical_element General Medicine Management Monitoring Policy and Law Toxicology biology.organism_classification Cd toxicity Prolonged exposure chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Botany Ecotoxicology Phytochelatin Food science Growth rate Growth inhibition Silene vulgaris |
| Zdroj: | Ecotoxicology. 8:167-175 |
| ISSN: | 0963-9292 |
| DOI: | 10.1023/a:1026440213649 |
| Popis: | Phytochelatins (PCs) are known to detoxify heavy metals in plants. This study aimed to investigate the possibility of using PCs as a biomarker for chronic Cd toxicity in Silene vulgaris. For this purpose, the effects of Cd on growth rate, related to plant weight, and the PC concentrations were recorded throughout the bigger part of the vegetative phase. The lowest concentrations of Cd used, 1 and 2 μM, inhibited plant growth rates by 30 and 50%, respectively, independent of the weight of the exposed plants. Above an exposure concentration of 2 μM Cd, the toxic effect increased with plant weight. At 3.5 μM Cd, the plant growth rates were inhibited up to 90%. Further increases of the exposure concentration did not produce additional inhibition. Root PC concentrations correlated with growth inhibition only at the lower Cd concentrations, i.e. up to 2 μM Cd. Above this concentration the correlation was lost. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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