Exogenously Treated Mammalian Sex Hormones Affect Inorganic Constituents of Plants |
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Authors: | Serkan Erdal Rahmi Dumlupinar |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey |
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Abstract: | The present study was undertaken to reveal the changes in inorganic constituents of plants exposed to mammalian sex hormones
(MSH). Chickpea leaves were sprayed with 10−4, 10−6, 10−9, 10−12, and 10−15 M concentrations of progesterone, β-estradiol, and androsterone at 7th day after sowing. The plants were harvested at the
end of 18 days after treatment of MSH solutions and the inorganic components determined using a wavelength-dispersive X-ray
fluorescence spectroscopy technique. At all of the concentrations tested, MSH significantly increased the contents of K, S,
Na, Ca, Mg, Zn, Fe, P, Cu, and Ni. Interestingly, only Mn and Cl contents decreased. The maximum changes in the inorganic
composition were recorded at 10−6 M for plants treated with progesterone and 10−9 M for plants treated with β-estradiol and androsterone. |
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