Copper toxic stress on Aloe barbadensis and its antioxidant response

• Main Authors: Ong, Ghim Hock, Aya Omer, Mustafa Omer, Subramaniam, Geetha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/532/1/Copper%20toxic%20stress%20on%20Aloe%20barbadensis%20and.pdf; http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/532/; http://transectscience.org/archives.html

Toxic levels of copper (Cu) can cause deleterious effects such as protein denaturation and oxidative stress. Plants could respond to heavy metal tolerance through various mechanisms including alteration of their enzymatic antioxidant activity which acts as a toxicity tolerance mechanism. The aim...