Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Heavy metal stress influence the andrographolide content, phytochemicals and antioxidant activity of Andrographis paniculata Subject The topic of the resource Andrographis paniculata; Andrographolide; Cobalt; Copper; Tin; Total flavonoids content; Total phenolic content Description An account of the resource Heavy metals (HM) are toxic components present in the earth's crust that can have a negative impact on plants as well as animals. Andrographis paniculata or 'King of bitters' belonging to the family Acanthaceae, is a medicinal herb traditionally used in the treatment of fever, common cold etc. In the present study, the effect of heavy metals (copper, tin and cobalt) on the andrographolide content, biochemical parameters like chlorophyll, carotenoid, protein, Total phenolic content (TPC), Total flavonoid content (TFC) and antioxidant activity in A. paniculata were analysed. Saplings of A. paniculata were treated at 50 and 100 mM concentrations, three different times at a time interval of 7 days. Andrographolide production was found to increase in copper and cobalt treated saplings when compared with the control. From the results, maximum andrographolide concentration was found in the saplings treated with 50 mM copper (8.51 mg/gm of DW) and 50 mM tin (8.10 mg/gm of DW) respectively. 50 mM cobalt treated plants have shown the highest concentration of TPC (17.21 mg/g of extract) and TFC (6.97 mg/gm of extract). Notable variations in other biochemical parameters like total chlorophyll, carotenoid content and antioxidant activities were observed in all treatments compared with the control. Antony &amp; Nagella (2021). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Antony A.; Nagella P. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Plant Science Today, Vol-8, No. 2, pp. 324-330. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Horizon e-Publishing Group Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2021.8.2.1034" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2021.8.2.1034</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85117237700&amp;doi=10.14719%2Fpst.2021.8.2.1034&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e9a8126893f6e00a159baa8b18150f52" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85117237700&amp;doi=10.14719%2fpst.2021.8.2.1034&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e9a8126893f6e00a159baa8b18150f52</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 23481900 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Antony A., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560 029, India; Nagella P., Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560 029, India