Journal of agricultural and food chemistryCadmiumTriticumZincSeedsZinc Isotopes
Isotope Tracing Reveals Differential Allocation of Cadmium and Zinc within the Grain of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).
Bo-Fang Yan, Matthias Wiggenhauser, Man Zhao, Rong-Liang Qiu, Ye-Tao Tang
Published: 202510.1021/acs.jafc.5c09152
Abstract
Understanding how toxic cadmium (Cd) and essential zinc (Zn) are differentially allocated within wheat grains is critical for food safety and biofortification. Enriched 111Cd and 67Zn isotopes were introduced in wheat via rachis injection to reveal t…
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