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Exposure to chlorinated acetic acids: Responses of peroxidase and glutathione S-transferase activity in pine needles

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During long-term exposure of pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings to trichloro- and monochloroacetic acids via root uptake or acid mist treatments, both substances were removed from the plant tissues by metabolic activity. None of the treated plants exhibited visible stress symptoms at the concentrations used. In addition, the exposure to both substances led to dramatic changes in the activity of xenobiotic detoxification enzymes (peroxidase and gluthatione S-transferase) in the needles of the plants.

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    Present address: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, California, USA

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  1. Neuherberg, Institut für Biochemische Pflanzenpathologie, GSF — Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit GmbH, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764, Neuherberg, Germany

    Peter Schröder & Heinrich Sandermann

  2. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Kuopio, P.O.Box 1627, FIN-70211, Kuopio, Finland

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  3. Department of Physiology, University of Kuopio, P.O.Box 1627, FIN-70211, Kuopio, Finland

    Sashwati Roy

  4. Finnish Forest Research Institute, Suonenjoki Research Station, FIN-77600, Suonenjoki, Finland

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Schröder, P., Juuti, S., Roy, S. et al. Exposure to chlorinated acetic acids: Responses of peroxidase and glutathione S-transferase activity in pine needles. Environ. Sci. & Pollut. Res. 4, 163–171 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02986326

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