Responses of Houttuynia cordata Thunb.to Tetracycline Stress

摘要

[Objectives]To study responses of Houttuynia cordata Thunb.to tetracycline(TC)stress in a sterile environment.[Methods]Aseptic H.cordata seedlings were cultured in the medium which added the different concentrations of TC,and then the contents of chlorophyll and malondialdehyde(MDA),and activity of catalase(CAT),peroxidase(POD)and superoxide dismutase(SOD)of H.cordata leaves were measured.[Results]Compared with the CK,the contents of chlorophyll of H.cordata leaves decreased,and the accumulation of MDA,and the activity of CAT,POD and SOD in H.cordata leaves increased when H.cordata was stressed by different concentration of TC.[Conclusions]The growth,metabolism and physiology of H.cordata were affected by the stress of TC.More importantly,this proved an insight into the effect or harm of undegraded antibiotics in the soil and water in the natural environment to plant growth all the time.