Antioxidants and Antioxidant Enzymes in Higher Plants

This book provides an overview of antioxidants and antioxidant enzymes and their role in the mechanisms of signaling and cellular tolerance under stress in plant systems. 

Major reactive oxygen species (ROS)-scavenging/modulating enzymes include the superoxide dismutase (SOD) that dismutates O₂ into H₂O₂, which is followed by the coordinated action of a set of enzymes including catalase (CAT), asco...