Antioxidants and Antioxidant Enzymes in Higher Plants

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
 Plant Superoxide Dismutases: Function Under Abiotic Stress Conditions  (Luis A. del Río, Francisco J. Corpas, Eduardo López-Huertas, José M. Palma)....Pages 1-26
 Studies of Catalase in Plants Under Abiotic Stress  (David W. M. Leung)....Pages 27-39
 Ascorbate Peroxidase Functions in Higher Plants: The Control of the Balance Between Oxidative Damage and Signaling  (Takanori Maruta, Takahiro Ishikawa)....Pages 41-59
 Glutathione Reductase: Safeguarding Plant Cells Against Oxidative Damage  (Rafael Zuccarelli, Luciano Freschi)....Pages 61-82
 Function of the Various MDAR Isoforms in Higher Plants  (Marina Leterrier, Olivier Cagnac)....Pages 83-94
 Peroxiredoxins: Types, Characteristics and Functions in Higher Plants  (José Rafael Pedrajas, José Antonio Bárcena)....Pages 95-121
 Redox Protein Thioredoxins: Function Under Salinity, Drought and Extreme Temperature Conditions  (Aingeru Calderón, Francisca Sevilla, Ana Jiménez)....Pages 123-162
 Biosynthesis and Regulation of Ascorbic Acid in Plants  (Takahiro Ishikawa, Takanori Maruta, Kazuya Yoshimura, Nicholas Smirnoff)....Pages 163-179
 Glutathione Metabolism and Its Function in Higher Plants Adapting to Stress  (Biao Gong, Shasha Sun, Yanyan Yan, Xin Jing, Qinghua Shi)....Pages 181-205
 Revisiting Carotenoids and Their Role in Plant Stress Responses: From Biosynthesis to Plant Signaling Mechanisms During Stress  (Virgílio Gavicho Uarrota, Deivid Luis Vieira Stefen, Lucieli Santini Leolato, Diego Medeiros Gindri, Daniele Nerling)....Pages 207-232
 Abiotic Stress Response in Plants: The Relevance of Tocopherols  (Ivna Štolfa Čamagajevac, Tanja Žuna Pfeiffer, Dubravka Špoljarić Maronić)....Pages 233-251
 Flavonoids (Antioxidants Systems) in Higher Plants and Their Response to Stresses  (Venkidasamy Baskar, Rajendran Venkatesh, Sathishkumar Ramalingam)....Pages 253-268
 Class III Peroxidases: Functions, Localization and Redox Regulation of Isoenzymes  (Sonja Veljović Jovanović, Biljana Kukavica, Marija Vidović, Filis Morina, Ljiljana Menckhoff)....Pages 269-300