EKHLAQUE A. KHAN1,2,*, HAMDINO M. I. AHMED3, MEENA MISRA1, PALLAVI SHARMA1,4, AMARENDRA N. MISRA1,5, MIRZA HASANUZZAMAN6,*
BIOCELL, Vol.46, No.12, pp. 2583-2593, 2022, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2022.021732
Abstract
Cadmium (Cd) causes oxidative stress, which leads to the oxidation of various biomolecules by the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) to facilitate programmed cell death (PCD). The antioxidant defense system fails to detoxify ROS when it is produced in excess. Nitric oxide (NO), a gaseous free radical and a phytohormone, regulates various physiological processes of plants. Therefore, this work was undertaken to study the effects of the application of exogenous sodium nitroprusside (SNP, a NO donor) on growth parameters, oxidative stress, accumulation of secondary metabolites, and activities of antioxidant enzymes under Cd stress. Mild (50 µM) and severe (200… More >
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