Journal
BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH
Volume 110, Issue 2, Pages 179-190Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:110:2:179
Keywords
nano-anatase TiO2 spinach; nitrate reductase; glutamate dehydrogenase; inorganic nitrogen; organic nitrogen
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Previous research showed that nano-TiO2 could significantly promote photosynthesis and greatly improve growth of spinach, but we also speculated that an increase of spinach growth by nano-TiO2 treatment might be closely related to the change of nitrogen metabolism. The effects of nano-anatase TiO2 on the nitrogen metabolism of growing spinach were studied by treating them with nano-anatase TiO2. The results showed that nano-anatase TiO2 treatment could obviously increase the activities of nitrate reductase, glutamate dehydrogenase, glutamine synthase, and glutamic-pyruvic transaminase during the growing stage. Nano-anatase TiO2 treatment could also promote spinach to absorb nitrate, accelerate inorganic nitrogen (such as NO3--N and NH4+-N) to be translated into organic nitrogen (such as protein and chlorophyll), and enhance the fresh weight and dry weights.
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