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ReviewFrontiers in plant science2024

Plants' molecular behavior to heavy metals: from criticality to toxicity.

Ahmed H El-Sappah, Yumin Zhu, Qiulan Huang, Bo Chen, Salma A Soaud, Mohamed A Abd Elhamid, Kuan Yan, Jia Li, Khaled A El-Tarabily

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Review in Frontiers in plant science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Sundarbans-derived halotolerant Bacillus inaquosorum SWA3TU mitigates arsenic and lead stress in Oryza sativa L.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2026
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  8. Metabolic Responses ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  12. Improving NiInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ahmed H El-Sappah *College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, Sichuan, China.
Yumin Zhu *College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, Sichuan, China.
Qiulan HuangCollege of Agriculture, Forestry, and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, Sichuan, China.
Bo ChenCollege of Agriculture, Forestry, and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, Sichuan, China.
Salma A SoaudDepartment of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Mohamed A Abd ElhamidDepartment of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Kuan Yan *College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, Sichuan, China.
Jia Li *College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, Sichuan, China.
Khaled A El-TarabilyDepartment of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The contamination of soil and water with high levels of heavy metals (HMs) has emerged as a significant obstacle to agricultural productivity and overall crop quality. Certain HMs, although serving as essential micronutrients, are required in smaller quantities for plant growth. However, when present in higher concentrations, they become very toxic. Several studies have shown that to balance out the harmful effects of HMs, complex systems are needed at the molecular, physiological, biochemical, cellular, tissue, and whole plant levels. This could lead to more crops being grown. Our review focused on HMs' resources, occurrences, and agricultural implications. This review will also look at how plants react to HMs and how they affect seed performance as well as the benefits that HMs provide for plants. Furthermore, the review examines HMs' transport genes in plants and their molecular, biochemical, and metabolic responses to HMs. We have also examined the obstacles and potential for HMs in plants and their management strategies.

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agricultural productivitycross-tolerancegenotoxicityhormesismolecular responsestransport genes

Identifiers

PMID39280950
PMCPMC11392792

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