Antioxidant Defenses in Plants with Attention to Prunus and Citrus spp.

This short review briefly introduces the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as by-products of oxidation/reduction (redox) reactions, and the ways in which the antioxidant defense machinery is involved directly or indirectly in ROS scavenging. Major antioxidants, both enzymatic and non enzyma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Milvia Luisa Racchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-11-01
Series:Antioxidants
Subjects:
ROS
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/2/4/340