Vanillic Acid Modulates Antioxidant Defense and Methylglyoxal Detoxification Systems to Combat Drought Stress in Tomato Seedlings
Khursheda Parvin, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Sayed Mohammad Mohsin, Kamrun Nahar, Masayuki Fujita, Oscar Vicente · 2024
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Khursheda Parvin and co-authors present a 2024 study of a plant acid that helps tomato seedlings ride out drought. Water shortage cuts seedling growth, drains leaf water, and lets reactive molecules damage cells. The acid, a natural compound from plant cell walls, is known to tune stress responses.
Seedlings grown in water culture were pretreated with the acid for two days, then put under four days of drought stress, both by withholding water and with a drying agent. The team tracked growth, leaf water, green pigments, and the antioxidant defense system, plus a detox pathway for a harmful byproduct. Pretreated plants kept more growth and suffered less oxidative damage than untreated stressed plants.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Khursheda Parvin, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Sayed Mohammad Mohsin, Kamrun Nahar, Masayuki Fujita, Oscar Vicente |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |