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Engineered Nanomaterials and Their Interactions with Plant Cells: Injury Indices and Detoxification Pathways

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Due to their unique scale-related physiochemical properties, nanomaterials can effectively penetrate plant cells, trigger oxidative stress responses through generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and consequently interfere with different metabolic pathways in the cell by attacking membranes, lipids, DNA and proteins. A broad range of stressors including biotic and abiotic can trigger electrolyte leakage, which is a common index for measuring stress-induced injuries and tolerance in plant tissues. In this chapter, we survey cellular injury indices in plants exposed to different nanomaterials and the plant defense mechanisms consisting of both enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidant systems against toxic effects caused by overproduced ROS.

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  1. Department of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, 38156-8-8349, Arak, Iran

    Mansour Ghorbanpour

  2. Medicinal Plants and Drug Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C. Evin, 1483963113, Tehran, Iran

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  2. Amity Institute of Nanotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

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  3. Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Amity Inst of Microbial Technology, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Ghorbanpour, M., Hadian, J. (2017). Engineered Nanomaterials and Their Interactions with Plant Cells: Injury Indices and Detoxification Pathways. In: Ghorbanpour, M., Manika, K., Varma, A. (eds) Nanoscience and Plant–Soil Systems. Soil Biology, vol 48. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46835-8_16

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