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The effect of exogenous spermidine on superoxide dismutase activity, H2O2 and superoxide radical level in barley leaves under water deficit conditions

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Barley (Hordeum vulgare) seedlings were treated with spermidine prior to water deficit to determine whether this polyamine is able to affect the activity of superoxide dismutase -SOD (EC 1.15.1.1) responsible for hydrogen peroxide and superoxide radical level.

Short-term dehydration (24h) resulted in decrease of the SOD specific activity and a distinct increase in the superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide contents. Polyamine treatment caused a substantial reduction in the contents of these two stress-raised reactive oxygen species and thereby lowered the oxidative stress in plant cells. Antioxidant system as an important component of the water-stress-protective mechanism can be changed by polyamines, able to moderate the radical scavenging system and to lessen in this way the oxidative stress.

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Kubi, J. The effect of exogenous spermidine on superoxide dismutase activity, H2O2 and superoxide radical level in barley leaves under water deficit conditions. Acta Physiol Plant 27, 289–295 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-005-0005-7

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