Tolerance and metabolism of phenol and chloroderivatives by hairy root cultures of Daucus carota L.
Categories: Phytoremediation literature review
de Araujo, B. S., Charlwood, B. V., & Pletsch, M. (2002). Tolerance and metabolism of phenol and chloroderivatives by hairy root cultures of Daucus carota L. Environmental Pollution, 117(2), 329-335.
Experiments done on hairy root cultures, used to screen plants for tolerance to pollutants and the role of the root matrix in uptake and metabolism of contaminants. Cultures derived from Daucus carota (Queen Anne’s Lace [used in the NYU NoPark garden]). Cloned carrot roots removed over 90% of the exogenous phenolic compounds from the culture medium within 120 hours after treatment. Metabolism of compounds present in the root tissue correlated with increase in peroxidase activity.
