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Effect of Mobile Phone Radiations on Morphological and Biochemical Parameters of Mung Bean (Vigna radiata) and Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Seedlings
Mobin Afzal and Simeen Mansoor
Corresponding Author: Simeen Mansoor
Submitted: January 26, 2012
Accepted: March 02, 2012
Published: March 26, 2012 |
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Over the last two decades an enormous escalation in wireless equipments has been made our lives
easy. The uses of wireless accessories including mobile phone have been enabled instant our communication
resources advance and fast, on the other hand along with their advantages there is great increase in radiations,
an unprecedented type of pollution, in our environment. Current study was an attempt to observe the
morphological and biochemical changes induced by cell phone radiations on Mung bean (Vigna radiata) and
Wheat (Triticum aestivum) seedlings. The effect of cell phone Electromagnetic Radiations (EMR) were
determined by measuring membrane damage in terms of melondialdehyde [MDA] contents and changes in the
levels of antioxidant enzymes like Guaiacol Peroxidase (GPX), Ascorbate Peroxidase (APX), and Catalase
(CAT). Our results showed that cell phone EMR caused significant reduction in growth, fresh weight, dry
weight, and relative water contents. Where as MDA contents and antioxidant enzymes were increased in
stressed seedlings as compared to unstressed seedlings. We concluded that radiations emitted by mobile phone
can induce oxidative stress which results in reduced growth and increase in the activity of antioxidant enzymes
in mung bean and wheat seedlings.
Key words: Antioxidant enzymes, ascorbate peroxidase, catalase, electromagnetic radiations (EMR), guaiacol peroxidase, malondialdehyde, mobile phone, mung bean, wheat
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Mobin Afzal and Simeen Mansoor, . Effect of Mobile Phone Radiations on Morphological and Biochemical Parameters of Mung Bean (Vigna radiata) and Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Seedlings. Asian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, (2): 149-152.
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ISSN (Online): 2041-3890
ISSN (Print): 2041-3882 |
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