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. 2020 Apr 13;21(8):2695. doi: 10.3390/ijms21082695

Figure 9.

Figure 9

The mechanism of metal stress and oxidative damage in plant cells. Plants uptake an excess amount of heavy metals, which leads to the overproduction of ROS. These ROS cause an oxidative burst and affect a variety of plant biochemical activities in the plant cell.