Abstract
Heavy metal contamination is becoming a major threat to plants due to increasing industrialization. Copper is one of essential element required in trace amounts for the regular development of plants. Its excessive concentration alters the metabolism of plants. Brassinosteroids are polyhydoxylated steroidal plant hormone found to alleviate the various abiotic stresses including heavy metal stress. In the present study, effect of 24-EBL was studied in Brassica juncea plants under Cu stress. The B. juncea was grown in Cu (0, 0.25mM, 0.50mM and 0.75mM) treated soil. The seeds was soaked in the solution of 24-EBL (0, 10-7, 10-9 and 10-11 M) for 8 hours. The plants were harvested on 45th DAS. The harvested plants were used for the protein quantification and analysis of antioxidative enzymes (CAT, SOD, POD, GR, APOX, DHAR and MDHAR). The results revealed that Cu treatment lowered the protein content, while at the same time, application of 24-EBL improved the protein content. The activity of various enzymes increased under the Cu stress. The application of 24-EBl had further enhanced the activity of enzymes indicating that it may relieve the oxidative stress caused by the copper metal.
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Claim · model-written summary
Copper treatment lowered protein content in Brassica juncea.
- Taxon
- Brassica juncea
Brassica junceat0 - Treatment
- Cu treatmente0
- Outcome
- protein contente0
- Direction
- lowerede0
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e0“Cu treatment lowered the protein content”
t0“Brassica juncea”
Claim · model-written summary
24-EBL improved protein content in Brassica juncea under copper stress.
- Taxon
- Brassica junceaBrassica junceat0
- Treatment
- 24-EBLe0
- Outcome
- protein contente0
- Direction
- improvede0
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e0“application of 24-EBL improved the protein content”
t0“Brassica juncea”
Claim · model-written summary
Copper stress increased antioxidant enzyme activities.
- Taxon
- Brassica junceaBrassica junceat0
- Treatment
- Cu stresse0
- Outcome
- activity of various enzymese0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“The activity of various enzymes increased under the Cu stress”
t0“Brassica juncea”
Claim · model-written summary
24-EBL further enhanced antioxidant enzyme activities under copper stress.
- Taxon
- Brassica junceaBrassica junceat0
- Treatment
- 24-EBle0
- Outcome
- activity of enzymese0
- Direction
- enhancede0
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e0“The application of 24-EBl had further enhanced the activity of enzymes”
t0“Brassica juncea”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors infer that 24-EBL may relieve copper-induced oxidative stress.
- Taxon
- Brassica junceaBrassica junceat0
- Treatment
- 24-EBLt0
- Outcome
- oxidative stresse0
- Qualifier
- caused by the copper metale0
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e0“indicating that it may relieve the oxidative stress caused by the copper metal”
t0“24-EBL to Brassica juncea”
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