Lipid peroxidation in plant cells, its physiological role and changes under heavy metal stress

Ewa Skórzyńska-Polit

Abstract


Lipid peroxidation, which is a natural and essential process, can occur in a non-enzymatic and/or enzymatic way in plant cells. Some of its products have cytotoxic effects on cells, but others function as plant effectors. The lipid peroxidation in plants exposed to heavy metal stress depends on the metal, plant organ, plant species and its genotype.

Keywords


heavy metal stress; lipid peroxidation; lipoxygenase

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.2007.006

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  • 2083-9480 (online)
  • 0001-6977 (print; ceased since 2016)
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