Medicinal halophytes: potent source of health promoting biomolecules with medical, nutraceutical and food applications

R Ksouri, WM Ksouri, I Jallali, A Debez… - Critical reviews in …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Salt-tolerant plants grow in a wide variety of saline habitats, from coastal regions, salt
marshes and mudflats to inland deserts, salt flats and steppes. Halophytes living in these …

Reactive oxygen species regulation and antioxidant defence in halophytes

R Ozgur, B Uzilday, AH Sekmen… - Functional Plant …, 2013 - CSIRO Publishing
Production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are a by-product of normal cell
metabolism in living organisms, is an inevitable consequence of aerobic life on Earth, and …

The Response of Salinity Stress-Induced A. tricolor to Growth, Anatomy, Physiology, Non-Enzymatic and Enzymatic Antioxidants

U Sarker, S Oba - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
An investigation was carried out to elucidate growth, anatomical, physiological, and major
ROS detoxification pathways involved in the tolerance of A. tricolor under salinity stress …

Catalase, superoxide dismutase and ascorbate-glutathione cycle enzymes confer drought tolerance of Amaranthus tricolor

U Sarker, S Oba - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The study was performed to explore physiological, non-enzymatic and enzymatic
detoxification pathways of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in tolerance of Amaranthus tricolor …

Nitric oxide modulates antioxidant defense and the methylglyoxal detoxification system and reduces salinity-induced damage of wheat seedlings

M Hasanuzzaman, MA Hossain, M Fujita - Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2011 - Springer
The present study investigates the possible regulatory role of exogenous nitric oxide (NO) in
antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal (MG) detoxification systems of wheat seedlings …

Salinity effects on polyphenol content and antioxidant activities in leaves of the halophyte Cakile maritima

R Ksouri, W Megdiche, A Debez, H Falleh… - Plant Physiology and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Cakile maritima is a local oilseed halophyte exhibiting potential for secondary metabolite
production. In the present study, plant growth, leaf polyphenol content and antioxidant …

Ion transport in halophytes

S Shabala, A Mackay - Advances in botanical research, 2011 - Elsevier
The increasing problem of global land salinisation and associated multibillion dollar losses
in crop production require a better understanding of key physiological mechanisms …

Exogenous proline and glycinebetaine increase NaCl-induced ascorbate–glutathione cycle enzyme activities, and proline improves salt tolerance more than …

MA Hoque, MNA Banu, E Okuma, K Amako… - Journal of plant …, 2007 - Elsevier
Up-regulation of the antioxidant system provides protection against NaCl-induced oxidative
damage in plants. Antioxidants and activity of enzymes involved in the ascorbate …

Salinity induced oxidative stress and antioxidant system in salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive cultivars of rice (Oryza sativa L.)

S Chawla, S Jain, V Jain - Journal of plant biochemistry and biotechnology, 2013 - Springer
Indices of oxidative stress viz., superoxide radical and H 2 O 2 content increased in leaves of
all the cultivars with the rise in salinity level, the increase was more pronounced and …

Reproductive physiology of halophytes: current standing

F Yuan, J Guo, S Shabala, B Wang - Frontiers in plant science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Halophytes possess efficient salt-tolerance mechanisms and can complete
their life cycles in naturally saline soils with NaCl contents exceeding 200 mM. While a …