Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Plants transitioned from aquatic to terrestrial environments several hundred million years ago and over the years have developed the ability to tolerate heavy metals as an adaptation to their environment. Since plants rely on the soil for nutrients and water, they have developed mechanisms to counteract the negative effects of leached heavy metals on their metabolism. One common response is the formation of metalbinding ligands known as phytochelatins (PCs)