Detoxification of Heavy Metals

Abstract

Detoxification of Heavy Metals: State of Art.- Plants in Heavy Metal Soils.- Functional Significance of Metal Ligands in Hyperaccumulating Plants: What do We Know?.- Progress in Phytoremidiating Heavy-metal Contaminated Soils.- Plant Taxonomy and Metal Phytoremediation.- Reclamation of Contaminated Mine Ponds using Marble Wastes, Organic Amendments and Phytoremediation.- The Role of Membrane Transport in the Detoxification and Accumulation of Zinc in Plants.- Initial Steps of Copper Detoxification: Outside and Inside of the Plant Cell.- Arsenic Tolerance and Detoxification Mechanisms in Plants.- Cadmium Metal Detoxification and Hyperaccumulators.- Transport, Accumulation and Physiological Effects of Vanadium.- Microbial Remediation of Arsenic Contaminated Soil.- Fate of Cadmium in Calcareous Soils under Salinity Conditions.- Organellar Proteomics: A High-Throughput Approach for Obtaining a better Understanding of Heavy Metal Accumulation and Detoxification in Plants.- Sulfur Metabolism as a Support System for Plant Heavy Metal Tolerance.- Cd(II)-activated Synthesis of Phytochelatins.- Tolerance, Accumulation and Detoxification Mechanism of Copper in Elsholtzia splendens.- Role of Aquatic Macrophytes in Biogeochemical Cycling of Heavy Metals - Relevance to Soil - Sediment Continuum Detoxification and Ecosystem Health.- Role of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria and Fungi in Heavy Metal Detoxification.- Detoxification of Heavy Metals From Soils Through Sugar Crops.- Detoxification of Heavy Metals Using Earthworms.- Heavy Metal Stabilization by Promoting Zeolite Synthesis in Soil.