A simple method to determine antioxidant status in aromatic plants subjected to drought stress
- Chiappero, Julieta
- Cappellari, Lorena del Rosario
- Palermo, Tamara Belen
- Giordano, Walter Fabian
- Banchio, Erika
DOIAbstract
Drought is a major environmental stress factor that affects the growth and development of plants. All plants have to maintain the reactive oxygen species within certain levels for normal cellular homeostasis by means of their antioxidant systems, which can be classified as enzymatic and non-enzymatic. Plants under drought stress generate an excess production of reactive oxygen species. At high concentrations, this can be detrimental by producing damage to the protein structures and inhibiting enzymes, as well as oxidizing macromolecules, which may eventually lead to cell death. There has been increasing attention paid to the antioxidant capacity of aromatic/medicinal plants, with a high antioxidant content having been reported in some plant...
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