Physiological Responses of Vascular Plants to Heavy Metals

By F. Fodor. 2002

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Definition of “Heavy Metals” and Their Role in Biological Systems (2010, background): “Because it can be easily measured, plant growth is commonly used as a general parameter to study the influence of stressors, with growth rate inhibition often being the most obvious plant reaction (Fodor 2002; Hagemeyer 2004).”
Molecular Mechanism of Heavy Metal Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants: Central Role of Glutathione in Detoxification of Reactive Oxygen Species and Methylglyoxal and in Heavy Metal Chelation (2012, background): “Moreover, HMs influence homeostatic events, including water uptake, transport, transpiration, and nutrient metabolism [45, 46] and interfering with the uptake of Ca, Mg, K, and P [47].”
Cadmium induced changes in carbohydrate status and enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism, glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway in pea (2007, background): “Hence, these elements can act on a large number of enzymes having functional –SH groups, bind to and affect the conformation of nucleic acids and disrupt pathways of oxidative phosphorylation, although in each instance the precise response depends upon the individual properties of the metal (Fodor, ”