Antioxidants and Antioxidant Enzymes in Higher Plants

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gupta, Dharmendra K. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Palma, José M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Corpas, Francisco J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Plant physiology.; Plant biochemistry.; Oxidative stress.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Biochemistry.; Oxidative Stress.

This book provides an overview of antioxidants and antioxidant enzymes and their role in the mechanisms of signaling and cellular tolerance under stress in plant systems.  Major reactive oxygen species (ROS)-scavenging/modulating enzymes include the superoxide dismutase (SOD) that dismutates O2 into...

Table of Contents:

• Plant superoxide dismutases: Function under abiotic stress conditions
• Studies of catalase in plants under abiotic stress
• Ascorbate peroxidase functions in higher plants: The control of the balance between oxidative damage and signaling
• Glutathione reductase: Safeguarding plant cells against oxidant damage
• Function of the various MDAR isoforms in higher plants
• Peroxiredoxins: Types, characteristics and functions in higher plants
• Redox protein thioredoxins: Function under salinity, drought and extreme temperature conditions
• Biosynthesis and regulation of ascorbic acid in plants
• Glutathione metabolism and its function in higher plants adapting to stress
• Revisiting carotenoids and their role in plant stress responses: From biosynthesis to plant signaling mechanisms during stress. Abiotic stress response in plants - the relevance of tocopherols
• Role of flavonoids in plant stress. Class III  peroxidases:  isoenzymes functions, localization and redox regulation.