Claim · model-written summary
Ascorbic acid, proline and nitrate reductase activity are proposed as candidates for community-level biomonitoring.
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e0“promising candidates for community-level biomonitoring”
e1“plant communities exposed to heavy metals”
Title
Gulnara Badridze; Zaal Kikvidze; Eva Chkhubianishvili; et al. Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology 2026. doi:10.9734/ajee/2026/v25i4915
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Association Under lead stress, 8 of 15 antioxidant variables correlated across species, most negatively.
- Association Under lead stress, ascorbic acid and nitrate reductase activity were positively correlated across species.
- Association Under cadmium stress, phenolics and nitrate reductase activity were negatively correlated across species.
- Association Under cadmium stress, proline showed a consistent positive response across species.
- Observation The remaining antioxidant variables responded idiosyncratically under both metals, reflecting inter-species variation.
- Observation Malva was the most sensitive species to lead.
- Observation Rumex was the most sensitive species to cadmium.
- Observation Xanthium showed the least differential cadmium uptake between contamination levels.
- Observation Conserved and species-specific antioxidant strategies coexist in plant communities exposed to heavy metals.