Research Article

Physiological and Biochemical Changes in Brassica juncea Plants under Cd-Induced Stress

Table 1

Effect of Cd metal on Cd uptake and H2O2 content of 30-day-old B.  juncea plants.

Days of harvestingTreatments
Cd uptake
( g g−1 DW)
H2O2 content
( mol g−1 FW)
0 mM0.2 mM0.4 mM0.6 mM0 mM0.2 mM0.4 mM0.6 mM

30 days0.0 ± 0.0c78.76 ± 2.65b85.83 ± 1.61b93.78 ± 1.29a4.4 ± 0.25b4.59 ± 0.30b5.93 ± 0.42a5.93 ± 0.06a

Data presented in mean ± SE. Different letters (a, b, & c) within various concentrations of Cd (0, 0.2, and 0.4 mM) are significantly different (Fisher LSD post hoc test, ).