title: 28-homobrassinolide protects chickpea (Cicer arietinum) from cadmium toxicity by stimulating antioxidants.
abstract: In the present experiment the seeds of Cicer arietinum (L.) cv. Uday were inoculated with specific Rhizobium grown in sandy loam soil and were allowed to grow for 15 days. At this stage, the seedlings were supplied with 0, 50, 100 or 150 microM of cadmium in the form of cadmium chloride and sprayed with 0.01 microM of 28-homobrassinolide (HBL) at 30-day stage. The data indicated that plant fresh and dry mass, number of nodules, their fresh and dry mass, leghemoglobin content, nitrogen and carbohydrate content in the nodules, leaf chlorophyll content, nitrate reductase and carbonic anhydrase activities decreased proportionately with the increasing concentrations of cadmium but the content of proline and the activities of catalase, peroxidase and superoxide dismutase increased. The ill effect, generated by cadmium, was overcome if the stressed plants were sprayed with HBL.
authors.affiliation: Plant Physiology Section, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, U.P., India.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayat
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D018533:Biomass; D002104:Cadmium / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000633:toxicity*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D002778:Cholestanones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D029863:Cicer / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007874:Leghemoglobin / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D050901:Nitrate Reductase / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation / Q000187:drug effects; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011392:Proline / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D012231:Rhizobium; D053204:Root Nodules, Plant / Q000378:metabolism; D012639:Seeds; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000633:toxicity*; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D002778:Cholestanones; D007874:Leghemoglobin; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D002104:Cadmium; D002734:Chlorophyll; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; C070163:homobrassinolide; D011392:Proline; D002374:Catalase; D009195:Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D050901:Nitrate Reductase