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Cadmium stress-induced oxidative stress and role of nitric oxide in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

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Cadmium (Cd) is a potential environmental phytotoxicant. The generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) due to Cd stress is responsible for the induction of oxidative stress in plants. On the other hand, SNP, a NO donor is known to have effect on Cd-induced oxidative stress in plants. We evaluated the effect of NO on the regulation of Cd stress in the rice (Oryza sativa L.) variety MSE-9. Cd treatment was given in the form of 50, 100 and 200 μM, whereas for interaction study, 100 μM of Cd and 100 μM of SNP were used. The result showed that Cd-induced oxidative stress in MSE-9 by generating ROS. However, when SNP was given with Cd stress, it was seen that SNP treatment regulated the stress metabolism in rice seedlings under Cd toxicity by generating NO. It can be said that the SNP in combination with Cd treatment might possess the way to protect rice seedlings under Cd stress.

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Abbreviations

Cd:

Cadmium

NO:

Nitric oxide

SNP:

Sodium nitroprusside

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

APX:

Ascorbate peroxidase

CAT:

Catalase

GR:

Glutathione reductase

POX:

Guaiacol peroxidase

SOD:

Superoxide dismutase

DTNB:

Dithionitrobenzoic acid

h:

Hour

TBA:

Thiobarbituric acid

TCA:

Trichloroacetic acid

GSH:

Glutathione

ASC:

Ascorbate

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    Piyalee Panda, Shwetosmita Nath, Th. Thorny Chanu, Gauri Dutta Sharma & Sanjib Kumar Panda

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Panda, P., Nath, S., Chanu, T.T. et al. Cadmium stress-induced oxidative stress and role of nitric oxide in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Acta Physiol Plant 33, 1737–1747 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-011-0710-3

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