Publication detail

Cadmium Accumulation by Plants of Brassicaceae Family and Its Connection Their Primary and Secondary Metabolism

BABULA, P. ADAM, V. HAVEL, L. KIZEK, R.

Original Title

Cadmium Accumulation by Plants of Brassicaceae Family and Its Connection Their Primary and Secondary Metabolism

Type

book chapter

Language

English

Original Abstract

The mustard family – Brassicaceae – is well known as family of plants, metallophytes, which are able to accumulate wide range of heavy metals and metalloids, especially zinc and cadmium, but also nickel, thallium, chromium and selenium. Ecological importance of this process consists partially in plants themselves to survive negative environmental conditions. There are two basic different strategies, how to survive these conditions – accumulation of heavy metals in plants tissues with different intensity in individual cell types, but also organs, which is partially given by chemical composition of cell walls, and ability to synthesize special defensive – detoxification compounds rich on thiol groups – glutathione and phytochelatins, which are able to bind heavy metals and transport them to the secure cell compartment – vacuole. The second principle is based on ability to exclude heavy metals.

Keywords

mustard, heavy metals, zinc, cadmium, cell walls, thiol groups, vacuole

Authors

BABULA, P.; ADAM, V.; HAVEL, L.; KIZEK, R.

RIV year

2012

Released

7. 4. 2012

ISBN

978-94-007-3913-0

Book

The Plant Family Brassicaceae: Contribution Towards Phytoremediation

Edition

2012

Edition number

21

Pages from

71

Pages to

97

Pages count

27

BibTex

@inbook{BUT93052,
  author="Petr {Babula} and Vojtěch {Adam} and Ladislav {Havel} and René {Kizek}",
  title="Cadmium Accumulation by Plants of Brassicaceae Family and Its Connection Their Primary and Secondary Metabolism",
  booktitle="The Plant Family Brassicaceae: Contribution Towards Phytoremediation",
  year="2012",
  series="2012",
  edition="21",
  pages="71--97",
  isbn="978-94-007-3913-0"
}