Xinyi Ouyang

Melatonin alleviates cadmium toxicity in Solanum nigrum by enhancing pectin-mediated cell wall sequestration and antioxidant

, whereas melatonin partially restored these traits. Melatonin also decreased Cd concentrations in roots, stems, and leaves and reduced root-to-shoot Cd translocation. Meanwhile, Cd partitioning to the cell-wall fraction increased from 56.7% to 67.5% in roots and from 55.1% to 66...