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Phytochemistry and Biological Activity in the Halophytes

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Halophytes are highly specialized plants having specific morphological and physiological adaptations that allow them to survive under saline conditions. Their tolerance is determined by different factors, as they have variety of adaptations to maintain their ion homeostasis in such environments and they acquire or store water as well as protect their cells from a damage due to ROS “Reactive Oxygen Species” accumulation (Flowers and Colmer 2008; Shabala and Mackay 2011). These plants possess different types of biocompounds which are useful in view of their biological activities such as anti-microbial and antioxidant ones (Ksouri et al. 2012a). The biocompounds increase the nutraceutical value of such plant taxa.

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Ozturk, M., Altay, V., Nazish, M., Ahmad, M., Zafar, M. (2023). Phytochemistry and Biological Activity in the Halophytes. In: Halophyte Plant Diversity and Public Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21944-3_3

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