Differential deployment of parthenolide and phenylpropanoids in feverfew plants subjected to divalent heavy metals and trans-cinnamic acid

摘要

Accumulation of defense metabolites is an adaptive response to heavy metals in plants. However, deployment of multiple classes of defense metabolites under cadmium (Cd) and copper (Cu) toxicity is not understood. Here, the responses of parthenolide and phenylpropanoids were examined.