BABULA Petr1, OPATŘILOVÁ Radka1, KOHOUTKOVÁ Veronika1, DAŇKOVÁ Ivana1,
HUBÁLEK Jaromír2, ZEHNÁLEK Josef3, ADAM Vojtěch3, KIZEK René3
(1Veterinární a farmaceutická univerzita v Brně, 2VUT v Brně,
3Mendelova univerzita v Brně)
Možnosti histochemické a mikroskopické detekce mědi v rostlinných pletivech Possibilities of histochemical and microscopical detection of copper in plant tissues
In this study, an utilization of methods of fluorescence microscopy for detection of heavy metals is demonstrated. Ions
of copper(II) were chosen, especially with respect to their phytotoxicity. Results show significant changes in autofluorescence
of plant tissues with increasing copper(II) ions concentration, which make their in situ localization as well as prediction
of their transport possible.
Key words: fluorescence microscopy, copper, autofluorescence, heavy metals.