Thiourea orchestrates regulation of redox state and antioxidant responses to reduce the NaCl-induced oxidative damage in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.)

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 676-686

  Srivastava, Ashish K ^a   Srivastava, Sudhakar ^a   Penna, Suprasanna ^a   D'Souza, Stanislaus F ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; ATP; Glutathione; Ion accumulation; Pyridine nucleotides

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBATE OXIDASE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; HYDROXY ACID OXIDASE A; PICRIC ACID; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOUREA;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; MUSTARD; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBATE OXIDASE; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MUSTARD PLANT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PICRATES; PYRIDINES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOUREA;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA;

EID: 79955707795     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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