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Phytochelatins

Known as: Phytochelatin, Phytochelatins [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Poly-glutathione peptides composed of (Glu-Cys)n-Gly where n is two to seven. They are biosynthesized by glutathione gamma… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2010
Review
2010
Heavy metals toxicity in plants: An overview on the role of glutathione and phytochelatins in heavy metal stress tolerance of plants
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The role of phytochelatins in constitutive and adaptive heavy metal tolerances in hyperaccumulator and non-hyperaccumulator metallophytes.
Using the gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase inhibitor, L-buthionine-[S,R]-sulphoximine (BSO), the role for phytochelatins (PCs… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Phytochelatins are involved in differential arsenate tolerance in Holcus lanatus.
Arsenate tolerance is conferred by suppression of the high-affinity phosphate/arsenate uptake system, which greatly reduces… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Tolerance to toxic metals by a gene family of phytochelatin synthases from plants and yeast
Phytochelatins play major roles in metal detoxification in plants and fungi. However, genes encoding phytochelatin synthases have… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Heavy metal detoxification in higher plants--a review.
Review
1995
Review
1995
Phytochelatins and Related Peptides (Structure, Biosynthesis, and Function)
Plants obtain micronutrients such as Cu and Zn from aquatic and terrestrial environments that may also provide the metals Cd, Pb… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Cadmium-Sensitive, cad1 Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana Are Phytochelatin Deficient
An allelic series of cad1, cadmium-sensitive mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana, was isolated. These mutants were sensitive to… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
MgATP-Dependent Transport of Phytochelatins Across the Tonoplast of Oat Roots
In Cd-exposed oat (Avena sativa) roots Cd was found to be associated primarily with the phytochelatin ([gamma]-glutamylcysteinyl… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Glutathione Depletion Due to Copper-Induced Phytochelatin Synthesis Causes Oxidative Stress in Silene cucubalus.
The relation between loss of glutathione due to metal-induced phytochelatin synthesis and oxidative stress was studied in the… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Phytochelatins, a class of heavy-metal-binding peptides from plants, are functionally analogous to metallothioneins.
Phytochelatins are a class of heavy-metal-binding peptides previously isolated from cell suspension cultures of several… 
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