Differential sensitivities of plant and
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Joaquim A. F. Vicente; Francisco Peixoto; M. Ludovina Lopes; VΓtor M. C. Madeira
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Paraquat herbicide is toxic to animals, including humans, via putative toxicity mechanisms associated to microsomal and mitochondrial redox systems. It is also believed to act in plants by generating highly reactive oxygen free radicals from electrons of photosystem I on exposure to lig