Metal-Ligand Interactions in Xylem Transport: Behaviour of Cadmium-CitrateComplexes

摘要

;Contents: Analysis of major tomato xylem organic acids and PITC-derivatives ofamino acids by RP-HPLC and UV detection; Root citric acid and its effect on cadmium uptake and distribution in tomato; Effect of citric acid on the transport of cadmium through xylem vessels of excised tomato stem-leaf systems; Cadmium-citric acid-xylem cell wall interactions in tomato plants; Effects of cadmium on the behavior of citric acid towards isolated tomato xylem cell walls; Effects of cadmium on the longitudinal and lateral xylem movement of citric acid through tomato stem internodes.