Simple Summary Higher plants face a variety of stress conditions. There are a number of
different antioxidant enzymes that help plants to cope with these stresses. During stresses …

Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is an unusual antioxidant in that it donates a single reducing
equivalent, and the radical it forms, monodehydroascorbate, reacts preferentially with …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation is a usual phenomenon in a plant both under a
normal and stressed condition. However, under unfavorable or adverse conditions, ROS …

Simple Summary Environmental conditions are subject to unprecedented changes due to
recent progressive anthropogenic activities on our planet. Plants, as the frontline of food …

Ascorbic acid is synthesised by eukaryotes, the known exceptions being primates and some
other animal groups which have lost functional gulonolactone oxidase. Prokaryotes do not …

Pathogens belonging to the Fusarium genus are causal agents of the most significant crop
diseases worldwide. Virtually all Fusarium species synthesize toxic secondary metabolites …

The stationary life of plants has led to the evolution of a complex gridded antioxidant
defence system constituting numerous enzymatic components, playing a crucial role in …

Under natural conditions, plants are exposed to various abiotic and biotic stresses that
trigger rapid changes in the production and removal of reactive oxygen species (ROS) such …

Plant metabolites including ascorbic acid (AA), reduced glutathione (GSH), serotonin,
jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA) alleviate metal/metalloid-induced stress in plants …

Plants act as the primary barrier to atmospheric pollution. Thus, while considering the role of
plants in restricting air pollutants, one of the environmental tools used to assess tolerant …