Changes in metabolite profile of plants exposed to engineered nanomaterials
Abstract
Understanding the unintended consequences of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) to terrestrial plants, the environment, and humans is an intensive area of research. Metabolomics is a technique employed to assess the impacts of NPs exposure in plants. The majority of the studies were performed on untargeted metabolomics of roots and shoots of plants exposed to NPs at juvenile growth stage. Currently, metabolomics has been employed to gain insights on the mechanisms of actions of NPs in plants, impacts of NPs on quality of food crops, differential effects between NPs and bulk particles or between exposure regimens, and responses of plants generationally exposed to NPs. It is evident that metabolomics provides unique sets of data that greatly assist in identifying and interrogating unexplored mechanisms of plant responses to NPs exposure. Thus, it is highly anticipated that metabolomics technique will continue to be an important technique in assessing the impacts of engineered NP in plants.
Department(s)
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Document Type
Article
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-323-85032-2.00003-8
Keywords
Engineered nanoparticles, food crops, metabolomics, nanophytotoxicity
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Recommended Citation
Rico, Cyren M.; Ofoegbu, Polycarp C.; Kirwa, Naum J.; Wagner, Dane C.; Abolade, Oluwasegun Michael; Jia, Siying; and Hong, Jie, "Changes in metabolite profile of plants exposed to engineered nanomaterials" (2022). Faculty Scholarship. 831.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/articles00/831
Journal Title
Plant Exposure to Engineered Nanoparticles Uptake Transformation Molecular and Physiological Responses
