Antioxidants, oxidative damage and oxygen deprivation stress: a review

O Blokhina, E Virolainen, KV Fagerstedt - Annals of botany, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Oxidative stress is induced by a wide range of environmental factors including UV stress,
pathogen invasion (hypersensitive reaction), herbicide action and oxygen shortage. Oxygen …

The function of tocopherols and tocotrienols in plants

S Munné-Bosch, L Alegre - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Referee: Dr. Kozi Asada, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Fukuyama
University, Gakuencho 1, Fukuyama 729-0292, Japan Tocopherols and tocotrienols, which …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence, biosynthesis and function of isoprenoid quinones

B Nowicka, J Kruk - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2010 - Elsevier
Isoprenoid quinones are one of the most important groups of compounds occurring in
membranes of living organisms. These compounds are composed of a hydrophilic head …

[HTML][HTML] An attempt to prevent senescence: a mitochondrial approach

VP Skulachev, VN Anisimov, YN Antonenko… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2009 - Elsevier
Antioxidants specifically addressed to mitochondria have been studied to determine if they
can decelerate senescence of organisms. For this purpose, a project has been established …

Mitochondria-targeted plastoquinone derivatives as tools to interrupt execution of the aging program. 1. Cationic plastoquinone derivatives: Synthesis and in vitro …

YN Antonenko, AV Avetisyan, LE Bakeeva… - Biochemistry …, 2008 - Springer
Synthesis of cationic plastoquinone derivatives (SkQs) containing positively charged
phosphonium or rhodamine moieties connected to plastoquinone by decane or pentane …

Mitochondrial-targeted plastoquinone derivatives. Effect on senescence and acute age-related pathologies

MV Skulachev, YN Antonenko… - Current drug …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Plastoquinone, a very effective electron carrier and antioxidant of chloroplasts, was
conjugated with decyltriphenylphosphonium to obtain a cation easily penetrating through …

A biochemical approach to the problem of aging:“megaproject” on membrane-penetrating ions. The first results and prospects

VP Skulachev - Biochemistry (Moscow), 2007 - Springer
Antioxidants specifically addressed to mitochondria have been studied for their ability to
decelerate aging of organisms. For this purpose, a project has been established with …

Mitochondria-targeted antioxidants and metabolic modulators as pharmacological interventions to slow ageing

J Gruber, S Fong, CB Chen, S Yoong, G Pastorin… - Biotechnology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Populations in many nations today are rapidly ageing. This unprecedented demographic
change represents one of the main challenges of our time. A defining property of the ageing …

[PDF][PDF] Activities of antioxidants in plants under environmental stress

AA Ali, F Alqurainy - The lutein-prevention and treatment for diseases, 2006 - Citeseer
There is growing evidence that in plants subjected to environmental stress. It causes
significant crop losses. The stresses are numerous and often crop-or location-specific. They …

Plastochromanol-8 and tocopherols are essential lipid-soluble antioxidants during seed desiccation and quiescence in Arabidopsis

L Mène-Saffrané, AD Jones… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Given their essential role as vitamin E, tocopherols and tocotrienols have been studied
extensively in animals and plants. In contrast, our understanding of the function of …